Hatches Magazine Fly Patterns

Hook: Mustad 34007 size 1 or 2 or 4 . (Pictured is a #4)
Thread: Flat waxed nylon - color dependent
Tail: Cross cut rabbit strip - color dependent
Body: deer body hair - two different colors
Head: small eyes bead chain eyes - use larger eyes if you want it on the bottom
Weed Guard: 30-pound mono

Tie in a rabbit strip that is the length of hook somewhere between the hook barb and point
Tie in a clump of deer hair - you want the tips to cover the hook. Do not spin the hair, you want it to flare over the hook point
Tie in one to two clumps of contrasting deer hair
Wrap thread forward and tie in dumbbell eyes
Trim the deer hair - you can whip the thread and cut it to trim the hair or leave the line attached
Tie in the weed guard if you want one
Whip finish and apply head cement.

Hook: Mustad 34007 size 1 or 2 or 4 .
Thread: Flat waxed nylon - color depends on craft fur
Tail: Craft fur stripped with a marker
Body: Medium Chenille (using larger chenille will not work well, the dubbing loop hides the larger chenille by wrapping it down with the dubbing loop)
Wing: Palmered Craft fur in a dubbing loop
Head: X small to small eyes
Weed Guard: 30-pound mono

Color choices are up to you..I started tying this fly in tan and orange…I have also tied it with EP fibers, tends to look more like a pinfish or fish pattern than a skrimp with the EP

Tie in craft fur tail somewhere between the hook barb and point

Take a sharpie and bar the tail

Tie in dubbing loop on top of tail and hook shank

Pull dubbing loop away from the hook and secure it on the vise (I usually hang it on the vise)

Tie in medium chenille in front of the dubbing loop

Wrap thread forward and tie in dumbbell eyes

Wrap thread back behind the eye

Palmer chenille forward and tie off behind the eyes

Cut some select craft fur and insert it into the dubbing loop and spread it out and twist

Palmer the dubbing loop through the chenille to the back of the eyes and tie off

Take a small comb and comb the hair back

Tie in the weed guard if you want one

Whip finish and apply head cement.

Hook: Mustad 34007 size 2
Thread: Olive Ultra Thread 140
Tail: Crystal Flash (Copper Root Beer), Enrico’s EP Fibers (Olive Tan)
Body: Aunt Lydia’s (Rug Yarn) (Tan Cream) or Enrico’s EP Fibers (Olive Back Country)
Head: Medium Bead Chain (use heavier to cover the water column)
Weed Guard: 25 pound hard mason mono

This fly was created by Capt. Paul Fisicaro - this is my interpretation of his creation. The fly is something in the middle of the road between a kwan and toad.

Wrap hook shank with thread to just past the barb
Now tie in the Enrico’s EP Fiber tail, length is twice the hook
Now bar the tail with a brown or green magic marker
Tie in flash twice the length of the hook
Take some Sally Hansen Hard as Nails and coat.
Now figure eight five pieces of yarn or Enrico’s EP Fiber alternating colors
Tie in the dumb bell eye and super glue
Cut the yarn or Enrico’s EP Fiber diagonally from the hook shank
Add a little Sally Hansen Hard as Nails to the top and bottom of fly to lock in the wraps
Tie in the weed guard
Whip finish and head cement.

Hook: Mustad 34007 size 2.
Thread: Olive Ultra Thread 140
Tail: Crystal Flash Rainbow Pearl, select black craft fur and black saddle hackle
Legs:Sili Legs barred Yellow/Gold/Black
Body: Estaz Grande Opalescent Black
Weight: .020 Lead wire
Weed Guard: 20-pound hard mason mono

Wrap hook shank with thread to just past the barb
Tie in a piece of lead wire doubled and wrap thread over the wire towards the eye, stopping just past half way to the hook eye. Then double back over and wrap back to the hook barb.
Tie in flash twice the length of the hook on top of the lead wire.
Now tie in the craft fur tail, length is twice the hook. Make sure to set the craft fur around the hook shank, kind of sink it around the hook shank prior to wrapping with thread.
Now tie in a Sili leg on top of the craft fur, legs should be evenly spaced on both sides of the fly, repeat this process so you have four legs total. I use one Sili leag and halve it, that will give you two pieces for this step.
Tie in black saddle hackle on top of where you wrapped the Sili legs and palmer forward, palmering over each wrap so it will lay back and tie off. If hackle wants to stand up, pull it back and wrap some thread over the hackle to get it to lay towards the back. I believe they call this the Key West style of palmering.
Tie in the Estaz Grande, palmer towards the hook eye and stop just past the lead wire and tie off.
Tie in the weed guard
Wrap thread forward and whip finish and head cement.

Hook: Mustad 34007 size 2 or 4.
Thread: Olive Ultra Thread 140
Tail: Copper Crystal Flash and two brown sili legs
Body: Dub loop of tan, brown and black select craft fur
Head: 1/8 eyes
Weed Guard: 20-pound hard mason mono

Tie in dumb bell eyes and wrap to just past the barb
Tie flash twice the hook length
Tie in two rubber legs the same length or shorter…I use one rubber leg and half it
Make a dubbing loop about 4-5 inches long
Cut three small hanks of craft fur in tan, black and brown. I hold all three at once and clean it of short fibers. I then blend them together, mixing them up like cards.
Spread evenly in the dubbing loop and twist it tight…comb it out and palmer it around the hook shank to the dumb bell eyes.
Wrap thread forward, add weed guard, whip finish and head cement.

Hook: Mustad 34007 size 2 or 4.
Thread: Olive Ultra Thread 140
Tail: Copper Crystal Flash, select tan craft fur and burnt mono eyes
Egg Sac: Ice chenille large orange
Body: Estaz Grande Root Beer
Head: 1/8 eyes
Weed Guard: 20-pound hard mason mono

It’s basically a mangrove critter with one difference, the body is wrapped with Estaz Grande vice yarn.

Wrap hook shank with thread to just past the barb
Tie in flash twice the length of the hook
Then do two wraps with the Ice chenille large orange
Next add the burnt mono eyes
Now tie in the craft fur tail, length is twice the hook
Now bar the tail with a brown magic marker
Tie in the Estaz Grande.
Wrap thread forward and tie in the dumb bell eyes
Tie in the weed guard
Now palmer the estaz forward, stroking it as you wrap it to the dumb bell eyes
Tie off the estaz
Wrap thread forward and whip finish and head cement.

Hook: Mustad 34007 size 2 or 4.
Thread: Flat waxed nylon (color your choice)
Tail: Crystal Flash (color similar to wing), silli-legs (color your choice) and burnt mono eyes
Egg Sac: Ice chenille large orange
Body: Ice chenille or estaz (color your choice) - medium to large depends on how buggy you like your bugs
Wing: Palmered select craft fur (color your choice)
Head: 1/8 eyes (hook size dependent)
Weed Guard: 20-pound hard mason mono

My version of the EP spawning shrimp Noleflyfishers shrimp. Color is your choice for the fly, as well as hook size.

Wrap hook shank with thread to just past the barb
Tie in flash twice the length of the hook
Tie in Silli-legs 2/3’s the length of the flash
Tie burnt mono eyes.
Tie in large orange ice chenille egg sac, two or three wraps only.
An option is to wrap the whole body with the egg sac chenille, the white ones in the picture above are that way.
Tie in chenille for the body
Wrap thread forward and tie in eyes leaving space for weed guard.
Wrap the body chenille half the distance to the eyes and tie off.
Now form a dubbing loop 3-4 inches and fill with craft fur. I place the cut ends of the craft fur close to the dubbing loop, space the fur up and down the loop, then spin the dubbing loop. Once the loop is tight, the craft fur will be spun around the dubbing loop…take time to comb the hair out, give it a brush. Once you have it in order palmer it around the shank to the eyes, make sure you stroke the hair back as you palmer forward. Wrap thread around the loop and cut the excess dubbing loop off and wrap some more to secure it.
Tie in the weedguard
Whip finish
Head cement.
The craft fur wrapped around the body as you palmered it, comb out the hair, cut any wild hairs and you are done.

Enjoy…if you tie some up and catch something on it post it here, I’d love to see it

Redfish Slider
Hook: Mustad 34007 size 1 or 2.
Thread: Brown flat waxed nylon (140 denier).
Tail: Brown craft fur with a couple of strands of copper Flashabou or Krinkle Flash on each side.
Wing: Palmered neck saddles.
Head: Brown deer body hair, flared w/ bead chain eyes
Weed Guard: 12-pound test Mason

My version of the Borski Redfish Slider - Mine are a little more buggy than the original, but I like nothing better than a big Hors D’oeuvre, so does Mr. Redfish, Bon appetit

Tie in the bead chain eyes before palmering the neck hackles.