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Walts' Worm
This is a lethal fly that has accounted for hundreds and hundreds of trout and steelhead. It's effectiveness lies in it's simplicity. With only dubbing and wire, you can't ask for a simpler fly variant. Lots of different dubbing types, wire, and hooks will work fine for this bug. MATERIALS:(+) add to cart Hook: Firehole 551 #12 (+)or Umpqua C450 (+)or Ahrex fw551 (+)Weight: .015 lead wire (+)Bead: 1/8" 3.3mm Gold Slotted Tungsten Bead (+)Thread: Uni Thread 6/0 Olive (+)or Veevus 6/0 Fl Yellow Chartreuse (+)Body: Hareline Dubbin Olive Hare's Ear (+)or Hare's Ear Plus Olive (+)or Hare's Ear Natural (+)or Hare's Ice...
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Robert's Red Quill
Classic Michigan Robert's Drake pattern tricked out for the Hendrickson hatch...Opener can't make it here soon enough! MATERIALS:(+) add to cart Hook: Daiichi 1180 #14 (+)Thread: Uni 8/0 Pink (+) Tail: Brown Pheasant Tail (+) Underbody/Thorax: Rusty Brown Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing (+) Body: Rusty Brown Deer Body Hair (+) Post: Blue Dun McFlylon Polypro (+) Hackle: Keough Tyer's Grade Med. Dun (+) --> ADD ALL TO CART <--
Warpaint Minnow
One of Erich's favorite smallmouth flies, this thing flat out catches fish! Easy to tie in a wide array of colors. All you need to do is change the color of craft fur, keeping the body and throat the same (white). MATERIALS:(+) add to cart Thread: Veevus Gel Spun 100D White (+)Hook: Gamakatsu B10s 1/0 (+)Body: EP Foxy Brush White 3" (+)Flash: Pearl Polarflash (+)and Silver Holographic Flashabou (+)Throat: White Laser Dub (+)Body Topside: Med Olive Extra Select Craft Fur (+)(substitute other colors if desired) Eyes: 5/16" Adhesive Eyes (+)Glue: Zap Gel (+) Finish with Loon UV Thin Resin (+) --> ADD ALL TO CART <--