>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part V

[WWKimba]

Corey's Calf Tail - This was created by Ralph Corey of Port Rapids, MI prior to 1929. It has been said that the first Corey Calf tails used a tied down wing and is considered to be one of the first patterns that used hair wings. It can be tied and fished using any color dubbing. First designed as a brook trout pattern, it has been successfully used to catch brown and rainbow trout as well.

Hook - Mustad 94840, 8-16
Thread - black
Tail - white calf tail
Wings -white calf tail, tied as a single, upright wing and forward facing (a modern variation uses calf tail tied upright and divided)
Rib - gold wire (gold tinsel may also be substituted), also, the split wing version above replaces the wire with a palmered grizzly and brown hackle combination
Body - any color dubbing - the more oft used colors of yellow, red and grey are shown above
Hackle - brown

 

[WWKimba]

Daphnia Cluster Midge - Designed in 1994 by Jeff Bonin of North Muskegon, MI for rainbows on the Muskegon River. This is a very easy tie!

Hook - Mustad 94838, 18-22 (the above tied short on a Mustad 94833)
Thread - cream or white (light Cahill used here)
Body - clear antron, loosely dubbed
Hackle - 2-3 turns grizzly hackle

 

[WWKimba]

Deer Hair Popper - This pattern was likely credited to Dr, Samuel E. Lewis from the Kalamazoo, MI area and was first tied in the 1950's. He had a cabin on the Jordon River and fished this pattern during mayfly hatches during the spinner phase. It is also a good panfish/bass pattern. It is a 2X2 layered pattern in that it only uses 1 clump of deer hair and a brown hackle. The hair is applied by tying down the clump with the tips toward the tail, fold the hair forward and tie down then tie the hair back towards the tail and tie at the back. If measured correctly in the beginning, you should end up with the tips 1 shank length long as the tail - i.e., start with the deer hair cut at about 4 shank lengths long in the beginning. A pretty simple tie IF you get the hair measure correctly.

Hook - Mustad 94840 or 94833, 10-14
Thread - black
Tail/body/shellback - clump of 20-30 deer hairs, stacked, measured and tied as described in the opening paragraph
Hackle - brown

 

[JerryC]

Just finished up some flies for my Canadian trip in late August. Some crayfish patterns. They worked well when I had a chance to some do fly fishing.

What one of them looks like in a plastic container of water.

Some top waters, my go to panfish flies upsized for bass.

 

[WWKimba]

Fred's Sulphur Spinner - Originated by Fred Vargas from Whitehall, MI in the 1990's for the ‘Ephemerella dorothea’ mayfly. Fred was the head fly tying instructor at the Great Lakes Fly Fishing Company.

Hook - TMC 100, 16-20
Thread - pale yellow
Tail - 4 light dun microfibbetts. tied in a "V"
Body - sulphur yellow dub
Hackle - grizzly

 

[WWKimba]

Grey Drake - Mark Lords first tied this variation of the Roberts' Black Drake in 1997. Mark is from Kingsley, MI.
Hook - Daiichi 1180, 12
Thread - Black
Tail - two moose body hairs, tied long
Rib - tying thread, tied crisscross
Body - natural deer hair, tied parallel to the shank
Post - white poly, deer belly hair, calf body or tail hairs (poly used here)
Hackle - badger or grizzly, tied parachute (badger shown above)

 

[Dr.J 1952]

Sparkle Minnow- the TCO Stream Conditions site says to use a Sparkle Minnow on Spring Creek. On their website, the Sparkle Minnow they show looks more like a salt water fly. It looks a lot like a Mushmouth fly which is a saltwater fly. The Sparkle Minnow I tied was the Coffey Sparkle Minnow which looks more like a trout fly and is said to be a good streamer for trout. Any thoughts or clarifications on this?

 

[Facemelted]

The Sparkle Minnow they show on their stie is a salty fly. The Coffey Sparkle Minnow is what they're referring to for Spring Creek.

 

[Dr.J 1952]

Thanks buddy! That’s what I thought.

 

[WWKimba]

Hanna's Black Gnat - This classic attractor pattern from professional fly tyer Ralph Hanna was first tied in the 1950's. Ralph designed many classic fly patterns from his Traverse City, MI home.

Hook - Mustad 94840, 12-14
Thread - black
Tail - black hackle fibers
Body - black yarn
Body Wing - black deer hair, tied trude and extended beyond the bend of the hook
Throat Wing - black hackle tips, tied spent
Hackle - black

 

[WWKimba]

Hanna's Brown Stone - Originated by Ralph Hanna of Traverse City, MI in the 1960's. Designed for the early brown stone hatch and to be fished during the mid-day hatch. 
Hook -Mustad 94840, 12-14
Thread - black
Body - reddish-brown yarn (another version of this fly uses a tan yarn body)
Body Wing - natural deer hair, tied Trude-style and extended beyond the bend of the hook
Throat Wing - brownish/blackish hen hackle wing tips (a good substitute would be furnace hen hackle tips - shown above)
Hackle - brown

 

[WWKimba]

Hanna's Cabin Coachman - Another fly from Ralph Hanna. He designed this general attractor fly in 1948.

Hook - Mustad 94840, 12-14
Thread - black
Tail - red duck quill
Body - peacock herl
Body Wing - deer hair, tied trude and extended beyond the curve of the hook
Throat Wing - white hen neck, tied spent
Hackle - dark brown

 

[WWKimba]

Hanna's Royal Coachman - This is one of Ralph Hanna's earliest patterns that he designed in 1948 as an attractor. He tied it as this variation of the Royal Coachman.

Hook - Mustad 94831, 10-18
Thread - black
Tail - GP tippet fibers
Body - peacock, red yarn, peacock
Body Wing - dark deer hair, tied trude and extended beyond the curve of the hook
Throat Wing - white hen hackle tips, tied spent
Hackle - brown

 

[barrybarry]

I fish Black, white, and yellow poppers. Yellow has been my go-to color this year. Last year it was white. Pretty small. Size 6 Gamakatsu stinger hooks. Small enough for the brim and big enough for the smallies.

 

[WWKimba]

Hanna's White Miller - Designed by Ralph Hanna in the 1960's and designed for the White Miller hatch (Ephoron leukon). The fly is to be fished in the late evening into darkness.

Hook - Mustad 94840, 14
Thread - black
Tail - white deer hair
Body - white yarn
Body Wing - white deer hair, tied trude and beyond curve of the hook
Throat Wing - white hackle tips, tied spent
Hackle -white

NOTE: Ralph liked to use the hair from the forehead of an antlerless deer due to its finest for this pattern. I used yearling deer above.

 

[WWKimba]

Harry's Kingfisher - Harry Frey from Grand Rapids, MI designed this pattern in the 1930's where he fished on the Thunder Bay River. The original pattern called for a seagull feather as the post. Roll the feather between your fingers into a tube then tie it in as a post (vs. tying the feather in flat). A treatment of the feather with Dave's Fleximent can help.

Hook - standard dry, 10-12
Thread - black
Tail - grizzly hackle fibers
Post - seagull - white goose is one alternative (white poly used here)
Hackle - grizzly, tied parachute
Body - dark red floss

 

[Flylife]

Just finished up some flies for my Canadian trip in late August. Some crayfish patterns. They worked well when I had a chance to some do fly fishing.
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What one of them looks like in a plastic container of water.
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Some top waters, my go to panfish flies upsized for bass.
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Jerry,
The patterns look Great !
Would you mine sharing the submerged pattern recipe. The colors are unreal !

 

[Flyty_ryguy]

bluegill pattern

 

[Flyty_ryguy]

Another bluegill

 

[Flyty_ryguy]