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Wharry Caddis

Tail - Light tan elk hair fibers (gap width past bend) 

Body - Dark brown/black thread 

Wing - Light tan elk hair (to end of tail fibers) 

Hackle - Badger

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

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California Coachman

Winged Wet Fly

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - Peacock herl, yellow floss, peacock herl
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - White

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Fontinalis

Winged Wet Fly

Tail - Married strips of orange, black and white, repeated twice*
Body - Alternating bands of orange and gray wool
Hackle - Dun
Wing - Orange with 2 fibers of black and white married over the top

*I did not repeat the tailing sequence

Reference - Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

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3 hours ago, DFoster said:

I haven't attempted married wings yet.

I've done a few, only one was good enough to post here.  Setting the paired wings properly, married or not, was (and is) more difficult than the marriage part, for me at least.  

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Smokey Mountain Candy (varied)

Size 10 Whole Sale Fly Company Model 1 

Semperfli 6/0 Rust

Tan microfiber dubbing

Ewing and Hareline Hackle

calf tail post/indicator 

moose mane tail

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52 minutes ago, partsman said:

Your coming along very well Squeezy, keep it up.

Mike.

Thank you for the kind words Mike. Thoroughly enjoying it.  

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Pot O' Gold

Caddis Imitation

Wet or Dry (I tied as wet fly)

Tip - Tie chenille egg sack at the tip point on hook (yellow, black, red (claret) or green)
Body - Scarlet, purple, green, brown or gold floss - thin
Wing - Woodchuck, badger or gray squirrel - tied down wing - length of hook
Hackle - Red (brown) or grizzly or both mixed

Reference - Trout Fishing and Trout Flies - Jim Quick

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Piker 

Winged Wet Fly

Tag - Gold Tinsel

Body - Orange wool

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White

Reference

Trout - Ray Bergman

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

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11 hours ago, bruce deringon said:

Another deer hair hair off the vice

 Always impressive.  

 

12 hours ago, Squeezy said:

Smokey Mountain Candy

Nice fly, funny name.  

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