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Fly Tying sessions 2023

Indianhead Fly Fishers meet on the third Tuesday of the month to tie flies as a group.  These sessions are usually focused on one pattern and everyone ties and learns together.


January 16 - Bennett's Halo

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Hook: Alex Jackson spey hook size 3-7
Tip: fine silver tinsel
Tag: pearl peacock flashabou
Tail: barred Teal feather fibers
Body: Peacock herl with Silver Oval tinsel rib
Throat: Grizzly saddle hackle
Wing: Squirrel hair with a bit of flash under
Head: red


November 14 - Hot Copper John Stone fly nymph with Ray Perkins

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Hook: 4-2 curved nymph
Tail: Biots
Body: red wire, dubbing
Wing: flash back wing case
Legs: red and black rubber legs
Head: hot red bead


October 16 - Biggs fly / Sheep Creek Special

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Hook: #6 - #12 4x long weighted and unweighted
Tail: brown hackle 3 wraps
Body: Medium dark green chenille / 4-5 peacock herl wrapped forward
Wing: 15 or 20 mallard flank fiber, tied to reach just short of the hackled tail
Head: Black or Brown


September 19 - Streamer for Bass, the Marabou Assassin

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Hook: Streamer hook #6 - #2
Tail: none
Body: flat tinsel
Rib: round or oval
Wing: Three marabou feathers wrapped tip to butt
Sides: optional flat feather, teal, mallard, peafowl,etc Head: any


April 18 - Sparkle Dun

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Hook: Daichii 1180 #16 or similar
Tail: Zlon/antron
Body: dry fly dubbing
Rib: none
Wing: deer hair
Head:

Here is a link to a Craig Matthews tying a sparkle dun HERE


March 21 - Skwala adult

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Hook: Dai-Riki 270 #10
Tail: rubber legs
Body: quarter inch black foam and pmd antron
Rib: black thread
Wing: gold crystal flash, cdc shuck, deer hair
Head: deer head spun and bullet style
Legs: rubber legs


February 21 - Stimulator (the original Kaufmann version)

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Hook: Tiemco 200R 6-18
Tail: Elk Hair
Body: Level Dubbing
Rib: light wt copper wire
Body Hackle: dark dry fly hackle wire secured to 60% of body
Wing: Light Elk
Thorax: bright dubbing, light dry fly hackle


January 17th - Fur dubbing techniques and material dyeing overview at The Artful Bon