Wet Fly Recipes!
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Alder
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 14
- Thread - black
- Tag - flat gold fine tinsel
- Body - peacock herl
- hackle - black hen or soft rooster
- Wings - mottled turkey wing quill
Alexandra
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - small slip of red duck quill
- Body - flat silver tinsel
- Wings - peacock sword fibers with this strips of red duck quill on each side
- Hackle - black hen hackle or soft rooster
Black Gnat
- Hook - standard wet fly sizes 10 - 14
- Thread - black
- Tail - black hackle fibers
- Body - black rabbit dubbing
- Wings - grey duck quills
- Hackle - black hen or soft black rooster hackle
Comments - The Black Gnat was originally tied using red hackle fibers for a tail. Some tradionalists still tie the pattern that way, most do not today.
Black Quill
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - black hackle fibers
- Body -stripped peacock quill
- Hackle - black hen or soft rooster
- Wings - grey duck quills
Blue Dun
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - grey
- Tail - med dun hackle fibers
- Body - dubbed muskrat belly
- Wings - grey duck quills
- Hackle - grey hen neck hackle
Blue Quill
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - med dun hackle fibers
- Rib - fine gold wire
- Body - stripped peacock herl
- Wings - grey duck quills
- Hackle - grey hen neck hackle or soft rooster hackle
Blue Wing Olive
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 14- 18
- Thread - olive
- Tail - dark dun hackle fibers
- Body - medium olive rabbit dubbing
- Hackle - dark dun hen or soft rooster
- Wings - grey duck quills
Brown Hackle
- Hook - standard wet fly sizes 6 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - red hackle fibers or wool or floss short
- Body - peacock herl
- Hackle - brown hen hackle or soft rooster hackle
Coachman
- Hook - standard wet fly sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tag - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - peacock herl
- Wings - White duck quill
- Hackle - brown hen hackle or soft rooster hackle
Comments - The Leadwing Coachman is tied the same except grey duck quills are substittued for the white duck quills.
Cowdung
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tag - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - dark olive floss
- Hackle - brown hen or soft rooster
- Wings - cinnamon turkey wing quill
Dark Hendrickson
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - lemon woodduck fibers
- Body - muskrat fur
- Wings - lemon woodduck or grey duck quills
- Hackle - medium dun hen or soft rooster hackle
Cahill
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - yellow
- Tail - lemon woodduck or white hackle fibers
- Body - cream dubbing (rabbit or synthetic)
- Hackle - dark ginger hen or soft rooster
- Wings - lemon woodduck
Ginger Quill
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - grey
- Tail - light ginger hackle fibers
- Body - stripped peacock quill
- Hackle - light ginger hen or soft rooster
- Wings - grey duck quills
Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 6 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - brown hackle fibers, partridge or hen
- Rib - flat gold tinsel
- Body - hare's ear fur picked out at throat
- Wings - brown duck quills, grouse (shown) or turkey
- Collar - Partridge or grouse
Grizzly King
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 14
- Thread - black
- Tail - slip of red duck quill
- Rib - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - bright green floss
- Wings - grey mallard flanks
- Hackle - grizzly hen hackle or soft rooster
Leadwing Coachman
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 6 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tip - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - peacock herl
- Hackle - brown hen or soft rooster
- Wings - grey duck quills
Light Cahill
- Hook - standard wet fly hook sizes 10 - 16
- Thread -cream or pale yellow
- Tail - light ginger hackle fibers
- Body - hare's ear dubbing
- Wings - lemon woodduck sides
- Thorax - ginger hen hackle or soft rooster hackle
Comments - A classic companion to the Light Cahill Dry fly and like its dry cousin, a real trout getter.
Light Hendrickson
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 12 - 16
- Thread - grey
- Tail - lemon woodduck fibers
- Body - red fox (sandy underfur, aka fawn fox)
- Hackle - medium bronze dun hen or soft rooster
- Wings - lemon woodduck
March Brown - American
- Hook - standard wet fly hook sizes 10 - 14
- Thread - black
- Tail - dark ginger hackle fibers
- Body - grayish tan rabbit dubbing
- Rib - yellow thread
- Wings - mottled turkey
- Thorax - dark ginger hen hackle or soft rooster hackle
McGinty
- Hook - wet fly hook 2X sizes 6 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - l\teal flank fibers and red hackle fibers mixed
- Body - black and yellow wool yarn alternating
- Wings - blue mallard quills
- Thorax - dark brown hen or soft rooster hackle
Pale Evening Dun
- Hook - standard wet fly hook sizes 14 - 18
- Thread - pale yellow
- Tail - light dun hackle fibers
- Body - pale yellow rabbit dubbing
- Wings - light grey duck quill
- Thorax - pale dun hen hackle or saft rooster hackle
Parmachene Belle
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - red and white hackle fibers mixed
- Rib - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - yellow floss
- Wings - layers of duck quills-white, red, white
- Hackle - red and white hen hackle mixed
Pink Lady
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - gray
- Tail - gold pheasant tippet fibers
- Rib - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - pink floss
- Wings - gray duck quills
- Hackle - light ginger hen or soft rooster
Professor
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - black
- Tail - red hackle fibers
- Rib - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - yellow floss
- Wings - grey mallard flanks
- Hackle - lbrown hen hackle or soft rooster
Quill Gordon
- Hook - standard wet fly 10 - 14
- Thread - black
- Tail - lemon woodduck fibers
- Body - stripped peacock quill (lacquered)
- rib - fine gold wire
- Wings - lemon woodduck
- Hackle - medium blue dun hen or soft rooster
Comments - Like the case of the dry fly if the wire is wrapped in the direction opposite which the quill is wrapped, it will provide for a stronger tied fly.
Scarlet Ibis
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 12 - 16
- Thread - red
- Tail - red hackle fibers
- Rib - fine flat gold tinsel
- Body - red floss
- Wings - red duck quills
- Hackle - red hen hackle
White Miller
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Thread - white
- Rib - fine flat silver tinsel
- Body - white floss
- Wings - whiteduck quills
- Hackle - white hen hackle or soft rooster hackle
Wickham's Fancy
- Hook - standard wet fly - e.g., Mustad 3906 sizes 10 - 16
- Rib - fine gold wire
- Body - flat gold tinsel
- Hackle- light ginger palmered over body
- Wings - grey duck quills
Woolly Worm
- Hook - 4X nymph hook - sizes 2 - 12
- Thread - black
- Tail - red hackle fibers
- Rib - fine silver wire
- Body - black Chenille
- Hackle - grizzly palmered over the entire body.
Comments - Brown , olive and grey woolly worms are tied the same except the chenille color is changed as appropriate.