Fly of the Month Contest

John Barr's Copper John 

Hook: 2XL nymph hook, sizes 10-18 (fly of the month size 16)

Bead: Gold

Weight: .015 Lead Free Wire

Tail: Brown Goose Biot

Abdomen: Copper UTC Ultra Wire

Wing Case: Black Thin Skin with one strand of pearl Flashabou pulled over the top; coat the wing case with Epoxy or Clear Cure Goo

Thorax: Peacock

Legs: Brown Hungarian Partridge

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 Fran Betters Dry Fly- The Usual 

Hook: Standard dry fly sizes 8-18

Thread: 70 -denier UTC or 6/0 Danville

Wing: Hair from the bottom of the rear foot of a snowshoe hair, natural winter phase or bleached white.

Tail: Hair from the bottom of the rear foot of a snowshoe hair, natural winter phase or bleached white.

Body: Underfur from the hair used for the wing and tail.

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 Soft Hackle Spider Wet Fly 

Hook: 1XL Wet Fly Hook in sizes 10,12, 14

Thread: Brown or Orange 6/0 Uni-Thread

Rib: French Oval Tinsel- Gold

Body: Hares Mask Sparkle Yarn Dubbing

Hackle: Brown Partridge

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 Landon Mayer’s Mini Leech Radiant Jig 

 Hook: 60-degree jig hook sizes 12-16

Thread: Black Uni Thread 8/0

Bead: Tungsten slotted bead- orange 

Body: Crystal Flash

Tail: Black Micro Pine Squirrel Zonker Strip

Collar: Black Ostrich Herl

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 TeQueelly Streamer 

Hook: 3XL Streamer Hook sizes 2-6

Thread: Black 6/0

Bead: Gold Tungsten

Tail: Yellow and Black Maribou

Legs: Yellow Rubber or Silicon

Body- Sparkly Chenille in Copper or Cactus Chenille in Root beer

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 Cathy Becks Super Bugger 

Hook: Tiemco 5262 Heavy Nymph and Streamer Hook 2XL

Thread: Tan, Black, Olive

Tail: Tan, Black or Olive grizzly marabou 

Tail Flash: Krystal Flash to correspond with tail marabou

Rib/Body: Tan, Black or Olive bugger hackle

Legs:  Sili-Legs in root beer, black or Olive

Eyes: Lead eyes painted yellow and black size small to medium

Head:  Spiked dubbing figure-eight around the head or dubbing brush in corresponding colors

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 Kent Edmonds Stealth Bomber 

Hook: Gamakatso B10S Size 4

Thread: UTC Ultra 140 Denier Florescent Chartreuse

Tail: Chartreuse and White Bucktail plus Chartreuse Dyed Pearl Crystal Flash

Foam: Chartreuse closed cell foam (2mm)

Body: Pearl Cactus Chenille (medium)

Flash: Pearl Flashabou

Legs: Sili Legs Barred 

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 Pink Squirrel Variant 

Hook: Scud/Pupa Hook sizes 12 through 18 (tied in size 16)

Bead: Gold Tungsten Bead, 3/32 inch

Thread: Black or bright Pink, 8/0 or 70- denier

Rib: Red Ultra Wire, small

Body: Tan Antron, natural fox-squirrel, and olive Ice Dub in a 4:2:1 ration

Thorax: Pink Ultra Chenille, micro

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 Psycho Ant 

Hook: Dry Fly Hook 2XL Size 6

Foam:  Black Foam Open Cell 2mm

Body: Peacock Herl

Post/Wing: Krystal Flash, Ultra Dry Yarn & Black Hackle

 Legs: Grizzly Barred Rubber Legs

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 Mickey Finn 

Hook: 4X streamer size 8 (but can be tied in sizes 2 to 12)

Thread: Black, 6/0 or 8/0

Rib: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Flat Silver tinsel

Wing: Yellow and Red Bucktail

Note: For additional attraction a red thread butt can be added to the rear of the fly as pictured.

Instructional Video

 Clouser’s Half & Half 

Hook:  Size 2/0 to size 4 (Saltwater Hook)

Thread: UTC 140 Denier or 6/0 Uni

Belly: White Saddle Hackle, Krystal Flash/Flashabou, White Bucktail

Eyes: Medium Size Painted Dumbbell Eyes

Back: Bucktail to match the color of fly you are tying.

Note: This fly can be tied in a variety of colors and hook sizes. Popular colors are: Chartreuse/White, Blue/White, Red/White & Olive/White

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Holiday Fly

Be creative and come up with a holiday themed fly!

Have fun 

and 

Good Luck!