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  Herter's Hook Sneller I cannot lay my hands on the instructions for the Herter's Hook Sneller at this time. Here is the informatio...

JARQ-3 Mono Wing (Just Another Red Quill V-3) Hook: TMC 102Y Size: 13 ~ 21 Thread: Orange 14/0 Gordon Griffiths Tail: Light Par...

Over the past 12 years, some of my fishin' pards and myself have been using and testing blue patterns. We were told many, many times ...

Note: There are four common Green Drake species in Western rivers: Drunella grandis, Drunella doddsi, Drunella flavilinea, and Drun...

This pattern worked well for my fishin' pards and me this spring.  It worked when the Baetis were about and when they weren't. ...

  (A Dorsey Rip-Off) Top Secret Midge Variant By: LO Jurgens Hook: TMC 2457, TMC 2487 Size: 14 - 22 Tyin...

Burnt Toast Baetis V1 By: Larry O Jurgens Hook: TMC 2488/2488H Size: 18~24 Tying Thread: Olive UTC 70 Abdomen: Burnt Toast #942...

Didn't get in nearly as much fishing as I should have.  Been to busy with home maintenance projects. Here we go with an effective baeti...

Side Top    Bottom Halo Emerger Variant By: LO Jurgens Hook: TMC 102Y (Or Tyers Choice) Size: 15 -19 Thread: Brow...

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Two casts from the bank and I’ve got something: a seventy foot pine tree.             ~ Nick Lyons Quotation from the book “HOOKED Fun...

By: Larry O Jurgens Hook: TMC 2457 or TMC 2487 Size: 6 ~ 18 Thread: Light Blue or Light Gray 6/0 Danville Underbody: Gray Antron D...

By: LO Jurgens Hook: TMC 2487 Size: 16 ~ 26 Thread: Blue Dun UTC 70 Tail: Natural Barred Mallard Flank Abdomen: Thread Wrapped ...

'Nuff said.

Gray Ugly Originator: Legendary Colorado “Unknown" Fly Tyer Hook: Mustad 94838 (1XS) (Replacement TMC 921) Size: 8 ~ 18 Thr...

Western Bloody Butcher (1940s Pattern) Originated By: See Note Tied By: Larry O Jurgens Hook: TMC 100, TMC 101 Size: 10 ~ 20 Thread: ...

South Platte Brassie Version 1 Originator: Gene Lynch, Colorado Springs, Colorado Tied By: Larry O Jurgens Hook: Mustad 3906 Size:...

Poor Helgy Originated By: Jim Poor Littleton, Colorado Hook: Mustad 9672 (TMC 2302) Size: 4 ~ 10 Thread: Black 3/0 Monocord Tail...

Colorado King, Dark Female Source: Popular Fly Patterns  Originator: George Bodmer, Colorado Springs, Colo. Hook: Mustad 94840 (TMC...

Colorado Caddis Originated By: Bob Good, Denver, Colorado Source: Terry Hellekson, Popular Fly Patterns, Published 1977 Hook: Mustad ...

Buckskin Nymph Originator: George Bodmer, Colorado Springs, Colorado Hook: Mustad 3906 (TMC 3769)     Or Mustad 3906B (TMC 3761) Size: 1...

Betty McNall Originated By: Betty McNall of Denver, Colorado Source: "Popular Fly Patterns" by Terry Hellekson, 1977 Ho...

This tool is the Herter's 31W Winging Pliers. That I used and/or still sometimes use for mounting quill wings. In 1972 this tool sold fo...

The first fly tying tools that I purchased were from the Herter's Inc., 1965 Catalog. For the younger generation out there Herter's...

Tan ACP (Another Caddis Pupa)   Shown; Dai-Riki #280 Size 18 , Matte Chocolate 11/0 Glass Bead  Material List; Hook: D...

NYMPHORM™ How many of you remember these fly tying aids from the past? I found that these were very handy when tying Stonefly Nymphs. I...

A simple tie and effective pattern. By Larry Jurgens Hook: TMC 100/101 Size: 14 ~ 20 Thread: Gray Brown UTC 70 Denier Ultra Thread...

Fly fisherman spend hours tying little clumps of fur and feathers on hooks, trying to make a trout fly that looks like a real fly. But no...

Pheasant Tail Bead Thorax Nymph V1 Source: Dave Student's “Stealth Cocktail” Tied by: LO Jurgens Email me for recipe and tyin...

These patterns were originally designed to imitate “Pollywogs” for the wary Cyprinus Carpio. I have found that they work for Bass, Bluegill...