Fly Patterns

Bass & Trout Fly Patterns

Black Meat Whistle

The Meat Whistle (#4-8) is tied on a jig hook so that it rides hook point up. This fly is designed to be fished on the bottom and hopped along like a crayfish. Fish are used to seeing flies stripped through the water column but not hopped along the bottom. You can strip or dead-drift it as well. Many rivers have good populations of crayfish; however, they are often nocturnal or hidden under rocks so many fisherman are not aware of them.

Meat Whistle Recipe:
Hook: 3/0-1/0 Daiichi 90 degree jig hook
Cone: Black,size 3/0 (large),size 2/0(medium) size 1/0 (small)
Thread: Black 140-denier Ultra Thread.
Ribbing: Blue or Copper Ultra wire or Brassie.

Wing: Black rabbit strip.
Legs: Black with blue flake Sili Legs.
Flash: Black Holographic Flashabou
Collar: Black rabbit.

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Also tied in olive and rust colors.

Designed by John Barr

Steelhead Fly Patterns

Autumn Gold

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - hot orange hackle fibers
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - antique gold seal fur or goat fur
Hackle - hot orange
Wing - white polar bear or bucktail
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Bella Cooler Bomber

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 6
Thread - fl. fire-orange
Tail - fl. orange nylon tow (egg yarn) short
Rib - fine flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. yellow chenille
Wings - fl. orange nylon tow (egg yarn) with pearl flashabou on the sides

Black and Golden

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - black
Tail - golden pheasant crest feather
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - black goat dubbing (or antron)
Wings - gold pheasant rump feather
Hackle - natural guinea hackle beard

Brown Heron

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 2
Thread - red
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - rear 2/3 fl. orange floss, remainder fl. orange goat dubbing
Hackle - grey heron hackle
Throat - teal flank
Wing - bronze mallard shoulder

Comments - Orange ram's wool or orange antron dubbing may be substituted for the orange goat. Spey hackle in heron grey may be substituted for the grey heron hackle.

Coal Tar

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2/0 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - black hackle fibers
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Body - 1/4 fl. fire-orange wool, 1/4 fl. red, front 1/2 - fl. black chenille
Wings - dyed black squirrel tail
Hackle - soft black hackle - hen or rooster

Fall Favorite

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - red
Body - flat silver tinsel
Wings - Orange polar bear (or bucktail)
Hackle - soft red hackle - hen or rooster

Fall Bright

Hook - Eagle Claw 1197N sizes 1/0 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - purple hackle fibers
Rib - med flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. red chenille
Wings - purple flashabou
Hackle - purple

Freight Train

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - purple hackle fibers
Body - first 1/4 - fl. fire orange wool, next quarter - fl. red wool, last half - black chenille
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Wings - white calf tail and pearl krystal flash
Hackle - soft purple hackle

Kalama Special

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - red hackle fibers
Body - yellow wool yarn
Wings - white bucktail
Hackle - badger palmered over body

Maxwell's Purple Matuka

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - black
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - black goat dubbing (or antron)
Wings - two purple saddle hackles matuka style
Hackle - purple

Patricia

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - claret
Tag - fine flat gold tinsel
Tail - tail hackle fibers tied slightly upward
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - claret goat, seal or antron
Wings - white polar bear hair or calftail
Hackle - claret

Patriot

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - red hackle fibers
Body - yellow floss
Wings - white bucktail or polar bear
Hackle - blue

Pink Sundowner

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - fl. pink hackle fibers
Butt - flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. red wool
Wings - pearl krystal flash
Hackle - fl. pink palmered over the body
Collar - fl. pink saddle hackle

Polar Gibson

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 4
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval gold tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant fibers
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - rusty orange wool yarn
Wings - white polar bear or calftail
Hackle - furnace
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Polar Shrimp

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2/0- 6
Thread - white
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - orange hackle fibers (fluorescent, if possible)
Body - fl. orange chenille or goat dubbing
Wings - white deer tail or polar bear
Hackle - orange, soft-fl. preferred
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Rick's Revenge

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - fl. orange
Tail - fl. red floss
Body - rear 1/2 fl. red floss, remainder purple goat dubbing (or seal or antron) with an oval siver rib
Mid Wing - fl. red floss
Wings - blue over white polar bear or calftail
Hackle - purple
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Silver Admiral

Hook - Eagle Claw 1197N 2 - 8
Thread - blach
Tail - fl. hot pink hackle fibers
Rib - flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. hot pink wool yarn
Wings - white calf tail
Hackle - fl. hot pink

Silver Hilton

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - teal flank fibers
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - black chenille (originally black goat dubbing)
Wings -grizzly hackle tips flared
Hackle - teal flank

Silver Doctor

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 6
Thread - red
Body - flat silver tinsel
Throat - silver doctor blue hackle
Wings -red over yellow calftail
Topping - pintail flank over the wing concave down

Skunk

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - red hackle fibers
Body - black chenille
Rib - fine silver tinsel
Wings -white hair - polar bear or bucktail
Hackle - black collar

Skupade

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 4 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - natural deer hair
Body - black chenille
Wings - natural deer hair
Hackle - grizzly

Steelhead Coachman

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Body - peacock herl
Wings -white hair - polar bear
Hackle - mottled brown hen back
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Stewart

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - gold pheasant tippet fibers
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - black wool yarn
Wings - dyed black squirrel tail with a few strands of orange calf tail over the top
Hackle -black

Tiger Muslie Flies

Lefty's Deceiver

HOOK: Gamakatsu Model B10S 2/0-6

THREAD: Flourescent red single-strand floss

TAIL: White hackle fibers with pearl Accent Flash

BODY: Thread (floss)

UNDERWING: White bucktail

OVERWING: Red bucktail

THROAT: Red Accent Flash

EYES: White paint, with black pupils

Uses: One of the most famous American flies (it's been honored with its own postage stamp), Lefty's Deceiver is used primarily in saltwater. However, it is a general-purpose baitfish pattern and can be used in freshwater, too, especially in smaller sizes. When tying the fly for freshwater, save a few bucks and don't use the stainless steel hook.
Variations: There are many color variations, mostly in the wing colors: green over white; red over yellow; all white; blue over white. But in all cases, use the red Accent Flash and paint the eyes. The red imitates gills, and predatory fish focus on the gills and eyes when they attack baitfish.

Tube Demos

Mounting tubes in the HMH Tube Tool
Plastic tubes can be mounted with pin or mandrel and pressed against knife edge on tube tool to prevent spinning (top picture). Or, all tubes can be mounted within the eye of the tube tool, with or without pins or mandrel(bottom picture).

"HMH Tube Fly Guide"

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HMH tubes nest easily to tie any tube pattern.

Conventional or "Bottle Style"
Floating or Weighted

A-C   Tie "Bottle Style" tube flies on aluminum or copper, with or without extra weight. Metal Jackets with Micro tubing inserts.

D   Semi-Flex 1/8" OD plastic tube with Micro tube insert; uses standard coneheads or beads. Bottle Style option.

E   Rigid 1/8" OD plastic Cut-To-Length tube with rigid 3/32" cut to length tube insert. Accepts HMH Medium Custom Conehead.

F-G   Flex Tubing: 1/8" OD (left) accepts Micro tubing and most standard cones/beads. 3/16" OD (right) accepts 3/32" Cut-To-Length and HMH Medium Custom cones/beads.

H   Micro Tube, accepts most standard cones/beads if desired.

I   3/32" OD Rigid Cut-To-Length. Accepts HMH Medium Custom cones.

J   1/8" OD Rigid Cut-To-Length. Accepts HMH Large Custom cones.

How to nest HMH plastic tubes
(video coming soon)
When nesting HMH tubes there is no need for glue. Simply insert smaller tube within the larger tube leaving a bit of the smaller tube exposed. Melt back a small nipple of plastic on the tip of the exposed smaller tube using a lighter. Once cooled, pull the small tube (nipple end) inside the larger diameter tube. The nipple should be seated approximately 1/4" to 3/8" inside the larger tube (rear of fly).

Tube Fly Advantages:

Tube Flies have real advantages over conventional flies:

� Pattern size and style aren�t dependent on hook size or style.

� Hook can be placed further back in the pattern resulting in more hook ups.

� Many tube choices - including weight, color, size, shape and length options.

� Less hook leverage with shorter shank tube hook when fighting fish resulting in more landed fish.

� Fly slides up leader and away from sharp teeth during fight.

� If hook breaks or dulls simply replace it.

� Many hook choices including treble, double and single.

� Change easily from barbed or barbless.

� Can use non stainless hooks in saltwater.

� Incorporate cones and beads to add and adjust weight of flies.

� Tie convertible flies � mix and match tailing material.

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