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Some stonefly nymphs …

An attempt at a Royal Coachman and Bloody Butcher (var.) from today.

Hook - Size 10 Nymph Thread - 70 DN, Black (head), 50 DN white (under body) Wing - Duck Wing Feathers Body - Floss, Chartreuse Rib - Gold Tinsel Tail - Ring Pheasant Tippet Cleaned the tying room today and found some old hooks, mallard wings, pheasant tippet, tinsel and other materials that I started to fiddle with. This is the result.

They are on the way.

Matuka Streamer Hook - Streamer Hook, 2xl, XH, Umpqua U680BLBN Thread - 70 DN, Black Wing - Rooster Soft Hackle Body - Chenille or Dubbing Collar - Rooster Soft Hackle

Mini Emerger Hook- Curved Hook, 2x Short, 2x gape, TMC 2487, or a FM 5027 size 20 Thread- 12/0 (50DN) waxed Tail - CDL or hen hackle Rib - Wire, small Body - Thread Wing Case - Med. Holo Flash or Mirage Tinsel Thorax - Dubbing, Ice Dub Squirrel blend Legs - Midge Body Thread It is not quite a Garcia’s Darth Baetis, in that I do not put epoxy on the body, which he believes is a big differentiator with other flies having a mere thread body.

Quigley’s Cluster Midge (Var.) Hook - Curved 2xl hook, Firehole 718 - 18 Thread - Waxed 18/0 Hackle - Whiting Midge Saddle Dun Body - Peacock Herl Flash - Pearlescent Tinsel Post - 4x Tippet

A few leeches for a swap. Hook: U555 size 12 for large size, FM 5045 size 12 for smaller Bead: Inverting or slotted beads Tail: Micro Pine Squirrel Body 1: Micro Pine Squirrel Body 2: Palmer Chenille, Pearl Collar: Ice Dub

Chironomid Frenchies size 18 Hook: Standard Nymph Hook (Fulling Mill 5027 Grab Gape Heavy) -Size 18 to 12 Thread: 16/0 waxed - Red Bead: Brass or Tungsten Bead- sized to the hook- Nickel Breathers: Sparkle Emerger Yarn - Clear White Breathers (Alternate): Glo-Brite Floss for hot-spots and tags - Fl. White - 16 Body: Nature's Spirit Ringneck Pheasant Center Tails - Muskrat Gray Body (Alternate) : Ringneck Pheasant Tail - Black Ribbing: Semperfli Tying Wire - 0.2 - Bright Silver Ribbing (Alternate): UTC Ultra Wire - Small - Silver Thorax: Ice Dub - UV Shrimp Pink

Mercury Black Beauty (Zebra Midge Var.) Hook: #18-24 Down Eye hook or Scud Hook Bead: Clear Glass Midge Bead Rib: Fine Copper Wire Body: Black 30 to 70 DN flat thread (12/0 to 8/0) Thorax: Black Superfine Dubbing

If there is still an opening, count me in with a Back Flop Jig Leech.

Stay Frosty everyone …

You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch……. Let’s see your Christmas Holiday Flys.

Deer Hair Comparadun Hook: Standard dry-fly hook, sizes 12-20. Thread: 8/0 or 70-denier or smaller Wing: Bleached deer-hair, short/fine, cleaned and stacked. Tails: Zelon Abdomen: Dubbing, thread or turkey biot. Thorax: Superfine Dubbing. Head: Tying thread.