Indian Creek Stimulator

Hook: Stimulator #10

Thread: Olive 8/0 (UNI)

Tail: Golden Pheasant tippits

Abdomen: Twisted red floss (After the manner of my Indian Creek Stone)

Body Hackle: Brown

Wing: Elk

Thorax/Head: Tan dubbing

Collar Hackle: Grizzly

This is a little thing I dreamed up. I think it will work.

Irrisistable (V.)

Hook: #12 dry

Thread: Olive 8/0 (UNI)

Tail: Black bucktail

Abdomen: Spun and clipped deer hair

Wing: sparkle yarn

Hackle: Brown and grizzly mixed

Let me say it felt good!  It was very, very cold but extremely fun.

I didn’t catch a thing, well unless you count the branch I ferociously set the hook on when it attacked my damsel nymph.

When I finally landed it, a fiendish band of ducks burst into frenzied mirth.

Stupid ducks.

Royal Humpy

Hook: #12 Dry

Tail: Lady Amherst Tippit fibers

Hump: Deer hair

Body: Red floss

Wing: calf tail

Hackle: Brown and Grizzly Mix

Not happy with the photo. Oh well.

Hula Frog

Hook: #4

Tail: Rubber legs (assorted colors)

Body: Green deer hair, stacked & clipped

Another bass bug. Certainly not perfect but I am practicing!

Fencerider Bass Bug

Hook: Mustad Limerick  #4

Thread: Flat waxed Nylon

Tail: Four black saddle hackles, a tuft of green marabou

Skirt: Deer hair

Body: Orange, Green and black deer hair, stacked and clipped

It needs some work, but I think the bass will like it.

March Brown (V.)

Thread: Yellow 8/0 (UNI)

Tail: Teal Flank

Abdomen: Hair’s Dubbing

Rib: Yellow thread

Wingcase: Partridge

I actually tied this a while ago, but I just thought I’d put the pattern out here.

Husk Dun

Hook: Mustad 94840 #14

Thread: UNI 8/0 Olive

PUPA HUSK DRESSING:

Extended body: Velour yarn

Tail: Pheasant fibers

Hackle: Partridge

Head: brown hairs dubbing

DUN DRESSING:

Extended Body: Furled yarn

Dubbing: Monster Dry (Blue Dun)

Para Post: sparkle yarn

Hackle: Blue Dun

I have been working on this pattern for several days. I’ve tried all manner of body styles, materials, colors, and hooks, and finally boiled it all down to this fly, which I call the Husk Dun. It imitates a Mayfly Dun just after hatching.  When a mayfly hatches, it rests on the surface for a moment, drying its wings, while the discarded husk hangs just below. That is what this fly imitates.

It is somewhat of a ‘novelty’ pattern I suppose, unnecessarily detailed but a fun one to tie, and I expect it will be enjoyable to fish with as well.  After concluding the Husk dressing, I experimented with various extended body materials for the dun. At first I tried a dubbing extended body. It was very beautiful, but it was extremely time consuming and delicate. I then tried a elk hair one. It was quick, tough, and floated well…..but I just didn’t like the look of it. I then tried a furled yarn body. That clicked, and so the Husk Dun came to be.

You can tie it in any colors you wish, transforming it from a Blue Dun to any other mayfly species. The pupa husk you can color with markers (gasp!) to imitate various nymph types…but I prefer to leave it as it is from the package.

While testing in a aquarium, I found that the little bugger floats just as intended, husk dipping below the surface and the Dun bobbing cheerily above. When fishing, I think it would be good idea to anoint the dun with dry fly dressing, and rub the husk with saliva or creek water.  Here are some photographs from testing. I apologise for the over-exposed pictures.

The pupa husk

Dun

I can’t wait to try this guy out on Rocky Ford, those spooky Rainbows won’t know what hit them.

Bunny Strip Muddler:

Thread: Danville Flymaster + Orange

Tail: White bunny strip

Skirt: Deer hair

Weight: Plated dumbell eyes

Head: spun deer hair