Posts Tagged ‘Silver Tinsel’
The Ray Bergman Collection – 115) Florence
Tip: Silver tinsel Tail: Brown mallard Ribbing: None Body: Pink chenille Hackle: Black Wing: Brown mallard
The Ray Bergman Collection – 113) Fletcher
Tip: Silver tinsel Tail: Scarlet, yellow, and guinea fowl married Ribbing: None Hackle: Grizzly tied palmer * Body: Black floss Wing: Light brown mottled turkey * The hackle recipe in Trout calls for gray but the painting is clearly grizzly. I really like the Fletcher; it is an unremarkable fly except for the three-part married [...]
The Ray Bergman Collection – 96) Durham Ranger
Tip: Silver tinsel and yellow floss Tail: Golden pheasant crest Butt: Black chenille Hackle: Deep wine tied palmer Ribbing: Silver tinsel Body: Rear ½ orange floss, front ½ crimson floss * Throat: Dark blue Wing: Jungle cock, golden pheasant tippet, golden pheasant crest topping, blue shoulder * The written body recipe in Trout lists ‘crimson [...]
The Ray Bergman Collection – 95) Dugmore Fancy
Tip: None Tail: None Ribbing: Silver tinsel Body: Black floss Hackle: Black Wing: Bronze black
The Ray Bergman Collection – 94) Dr. Burke
Tip: None Tail: Peacock sword Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel Body: Silver tinsel Hackle: Yellow Wing: White with jungle cock eye
The Ray Bergman Collection – 93) Dr. Breck
Tip: None Tail: Jungle cock eyes (back-to-back) Ribbing: None Body: Silver tinsel Hackle: Crimson Wing: White with crimson stripe, married
The Grenade- by David Quenneville
This is a pattern from Claude H. Bernard who guides on the Bonaventure river in Québec for atlantic salmon. Originally tied for walleye and then adapted for atlantic salmon. The Grenade was the winner in the hairwing creation category in the 1986 fly tying championship of the FQSA. HOOK: Daiichi Alec Jackson THREAD: Uni-Thread yellow [...]
Canadian Black Dose (reduced)- by Shawn Mitchell
Shawn Mitchell give his detailed tutorial on the Canadian Black Dose (reduced). What appears to be an advanced tie, is broken into easy to follow steps.
The Ray Bergman Collection – 54) Bunting
Tip: Silver tinsel Tail: None Ribbing: None Body: Black floss Hackle: Black Wing: White
The Ray Bergman Collection – 42) Bostwick
Tip: None Tail: Barred Mandarin Ribbing: None Hackle: Brown and grizzly tied palmer * Body: Silver tinsel Wing: None The Bostwick is the second of a less than five wet fly patterns in Trout sporting two different colors of palmered hackles. On double-hackled palmer flies it is imperative to strip the fibers from the leading [...]
The Ray Bergman Collection – 40) Bob Lawrence
Tip: Silver tinsel Tail: Scarlet quill sections Ribbing: Silver tinsel Body: Cinnamon dubbing Hackle: Guinea fowl Wing: Scarlet with jungle cock eye
The Ray Bergman Collection – 35) Blue Bottle
Tip: None Tail: Black hackle fibers Ribbing: Silver tinsel (optional) Body: Light blue floss Hackle: Black Wing: Slate
The Ray Bergman Collection – 29) Black Moose
Tip: Silver tinsel Tail: Green hackle fibers Ribbing: None Body: Black floss Hackle: None * Wing: Guinea and purple married * There are only a couple wet flies in this entire collection that do not have a hackle; the Black Moose is one of them. This is curious since the hackle is normally such an [...]
The Ray Bergman Collection – 28) Black June
Tip: Silver tinsel Tail: None Ribbing: Silver tinsel Body: Peacock herl Hackle: Black Wing: Black
The Ray Bergman Collection – 27) Black Gnat Silver
Tip: None Tail: None Ribbing: None Body: Silver tinsel Hackle: Black Wing: Dark slate












