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This pattern is especially interesting because it was invented by his father.

Boots Allen is a third generation guide and outfitter from Western Wyoming. Over the last 18 years, he has had the opportunity to fish and guide at destinations around the world, including Argentina, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, British Columbia, and the streams of the Rocky Mountain West. He has pened numerous articles for fly fishing magazines such as Fly Tyer, The Fly Fishing and Tying Journal, The Drake, and Sports Afield. Boots has used his creations at the fly tying vise for a variety of game fish including taimen, pike, lenok, sea-run brown trout, steelhead, pacific salmon, snook, roosterfish, redfish, and almost every imaginable species of trout.

Recipe:

• Hook: Any standard dry fly hook, sizes 6 to 10.
• Thread: Yellow, orange, green, or red 3/0 flat wax.
• Tail and Body: Mule deer hair from the neck and facial area.
• Hackle: Fine grizzly hackle. I typically will use silver or gold label hackle from Whiting Farms.

Also see other flies by Boots.

Kieran Frye has been tying flies since 1981. He is an award winning tyer, including the 1994 Mustad Scandinavian Open held in Oslo, Norway. Many of Kieran's patterns were developed during his days afield in his home state of Pennsylvania.

Recipe:

• Hook: Mustad Curved Nymph
• Thread: Uni 6/0 color to match natural
• Weight: Lead Free .025 wrapped around hook, smashed flat
• Rib: Silver Wire
• Tail: Goose Biots
• Body: Dubbing to match natural
• Thorax: Loop Dubbed Rabbit
• Wing: Turkey Quill
• Antennae: Fibers from the wing case

For KC's Emerger or KC's Henryville Special click on the link or go to the categories section to the right.

Wayne has tied most every type of fly he could get his vise clamped onto since 1974. He has demonstrated at numerous local, regional, national, and international events, including National FFF Conclaves since 1980. His work has been published in several magazines and books in the U.S. as well as Europe, including Tying the Classic Salmon Fly edited by Mike Radencich, and more recently Wayne tied the flies for Basic Fly Tying: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started edited by Jon Rounds, photographed by Mike Radencich, and illustrated by John McKim. Wayne received the Wayne “Buz” Buszek Memorial Fly Tying Award in 1991. Wayne is especially fond of teaching the details of fly tying through better understanding of the nature of tying materials as well as better application and use of tying thread.

RECIPE

• Hook: Daiichi 1260, #14-16 or Daiichi 1130, #16-20
• Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
• Tail: Zelon or Microzelon
• Abdomen: Ringneck or Golden Pheasant tail feather barbs
• Thorax: Dubbing blend
• Wing: CDC, Type #2 feather
• Head: Dubbed Whip Finish

Also See Wayne's Stuck Shuck Midge and his CDC Spinner, and his V-wing Mayfly..

Or go see our library of Dry Fly Patterns.

Kieran Frye has been tying flies since 1981. He is an award winning tyer, including the 1994 Mustad Scandinavian Open held in Oslo, Norway. Many of Kieran's patterns were developed during his days afield in his home state of Pennsylvania.

Recipe:

• Hook: Mustad 94831 #14
• Thread: Brown 8/0 Uni
• Body: Chocolate Brown Dubbing
• Wing: Dyed Brown Squirrel Tail Sparse
• Hackle: Grizzly 3-4 turns

For KC's Emerger or KC's Henryville Special click on the link or go to the categories section to the right.

Wayne has tied most every type of fly he could get his vise clamped onto since 1974. He has demonstrated at numerous local, regional, national, and international events, including National FFF Conclaves since 1980. His work has been published in several magazines and books in the U.S. as well as Europe, including Tying the Classic Salmon Fly edited by Mike Radencich, and more recently Wayne tied the flies for Basic Fly Tying: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started edited by Jon Rounds, photographed by Mike Radencich, and illustrated by John McKim. Wayne received the Wayne “Buz” Buszek Memorial Fly Tying Award in 1991. Wayne is especially fond of teaching the details of fly tying through better understanding of the nature of tying materials as well as better application and use of tying thread.

RECIPE

• Hook: Daiichi 1110, #14-22
• Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
• Tail: Most any hard hair or synthetic or Zelon
• Abdomen: Thread or dubbing blend
• Rib: Twisted thread
• Thorax: Dubbing blend
• Wing/Hackle: Whiting Farms Rooster Cape or Saddle feather
• Head: Tying thread

Also See Wayne's Stuck Shuck Midge and his CDC Spinner.

Or go see our library of Dry Fly Patterns.

Wayne has tied most every type of fly he could get his vise clamped onto since 1974. He has demonstrated at numerous local, regional, national, and international events, including National FFF Conclaves since 1980. His work has been published in several magazines and books in the U.S. as well as Europe, including Tying the Classic Salmon Fly edited by Mike Radencich, and more recently Wayne tied the flies for Basic Fly Tying: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started edited by Jon Rounds, photographed by Mike Radencich, and illustrated by John McKim. Wayne received the Wayne “Buz” Buszek Memorial Fly Tying Award in 1991. Wayne is especially fond of teaching the details of fly tying through better understanding of the nature of tying materials as well as better application and use of tying thread.

Recipe:

• Hook: Daiichi 1140 or 1130, #20-24, or Daiichi 1110 #20-26
• Thread: Benecchi 12/0
• Tail: Microzelon, pearlescent mylar, opalescent mylar (all can be left straight, twisted, or furled), and/or Whiting Farms Grizzly Hackle tip.
• Abdomen: Flat thread
• Rib: Optional – twisted thread
• Thorax: Mole dubbing blend
• Wing: Nature’s Spirit Goose CDC “tufts,” Type #4
• Hackle: Whiting Farms rooster cape or saddle feather trimmed in a “V” under Daiichi 1140 and 1130, or trimmed flat under Daiichi 1110
• Antennae: CDC feather butt end trimmed
• Head: Thread

for another of Wayne's patterns, watch his CDC Spinner pattern!

Dave Bloom has been an outfitter and guide in Montana and Idaho over 20 yrs as well as a dedicated steelheader in the Northwest. In addition he has guided in Chile and worked for Montana Fly Company in central America. He also has several of his patterns liscensed by Idlywild Flies out of Portland.
He is currently residing and outfitting in Craig, MT on the Missouri River.

This pattern is a parachute caddis he uses on the big MO.

Recipe:

• Hook: TMC #921 #12-#18
• Thread: Tan
• Body: Golden Pheasant Tail
• Thorax: Hare's Ear
• Wing: Light Elk Downwing with black, hot orange, or pink post
• Cree or Dark Ginger variant wrappted as parachute hackle

Josh Stanish is a tyer from Bozeman, MT. Find out more about Josh by going to Biggie's Bugs or to www.montanatroutchasers.com

Josh grew up in the mountains of Colorado and watched a world class resort grow from the ground up. His passion for fishing got started at a young age when his father would take him camping in the flat top wilderness. When he was about 10 he found an old spin/flyfish combo rod and headed to the river. He has been completely consumed with the sport ever since. Upon graduating High School he headed north to the great state of Montana. He attended college between his days on the Madison, Yellowstone and Gallatin Rivers.

Recipe:

• Hook: TMC 2302 #6-14
• Thread: 6/0 Black Uni thread
• Bead: 5/32" Black Bead
• Tail: Dark Brown Goose Biots
• Rib: Medium Red Wire
• Abdomen: Peacock Herl
• Underwing: Large Mirage Tinsel
• Wingcase: Mottled Oak Thin Skin
• Dubbing: Dark Hare's Ear
• Legs: White Living Rubber Legs and Speckled Hen Saddle Hackles

Have you had a chance to try this fly? How did it work? When and Where? Any room for improvements? Any changes?

Let us know, leave a comment!

Boots Allen is a third generation guide and outfitter from Western Wyoming. Over the last 18 years, he has had the opportunity to fish and guide at destinations around the world, including Argentina, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, British Columbia, and the streams of the Rocky Mountain West. He has pened numerous articles for fly fishing magazines such as Fly Tyer, The Fly Fishing and Tying Journal, The Drake, and Sports Afield. Boots has used his creations at the fly tying vise for a variety of game fish including taimen, pike, lenok, sea-run brown trout, steelhead, pacific salmon, snook, roosterfish, redfish, and almost every imaginable species of trout.

Recipe:

• Hook: standard dry fly hook, sizes 4 to 10.
• Thread: 3/0 in gray, yellow, green, brown, cream, or orange.
• Tail: golden pheasant neck feathers or Amherst pheasant neck feathers.
• Body: 1 mm two or single color foam. Dubbing can be used as an alternative. A variety of color can be used.
• Hackle: brown or red.
• Wing: Siberian brown bear hair or grizzly bear hair.
• Head: 2 mm foam – brown, tan, or gray.
• Mandible: Ostrich plumes or peacock herl.
• Legs: brown rubber, Flexi-floss, Silli Legs, or Spanflex.
• Indicator: 2 mm foam.

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Other Patterns by Boots Allen: Boots Allen's Peacock

Dave McKee returns with his Hairwing Callibaetis.
Dave is a writer and outfitter of Dave McKee Flyfishing, LLC out of Bozeman, MT. He specializes in both trout and carp fishing in SW Montana as well as being an Umpqua signature tier. He also writes a weekly outdoors column for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and he's developed his own line of cork strike indicators "the McKee Cork Indicator" which can be found in Umpqua Feather Merchant's Catalogue.

You can learn more about Dave at davemckeeflyfishing.com.

Recipe:

• Hook: TMC 100 #16
• Thread: 8/0 Rusty Dun
• Tail: Grizzly Hackle Fibers
• Body: Callibaetis Ultrafine Dubbing
• Wing: Deer Body Hair

Dave has also tied his Caicos Critter and his Shrimp Cocktail patterns. If you get a chance, take a look.

Have you used this fly? Where and with what results? What do you think of this pattern? Let us know what you think.

Wayne has tied most every type of fly he could get his vise clamped onto since 1974. He has demonstrated at numerous local, regional, national, and international events, including National FFF Conclaves since 1980. His work has been published in several magazines and books in the U.S. as well as Europe, including Tying the Classic Salmon Fly edited by Mike Radencich, and more recently Wayne tied the flies for Basic Fly Tying: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started edited by Jon Rounds, photographed by Mike Radencich, and illustrated by John McKim. Wayne received the Wayne “Buz” Buszek Memorial Fly Tying Award in 1991. Wayne is especially fond of teaching the details of fly tying through better understanding of the nature of tying materials as well as better application and use of tying thread.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Daiichi 1110, #14-22
• Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
• Tail: Most any hard hair or synthetic
• Abdomen: Thread or dubbing blend
• Rib: Twisted thread
• Thorax: Dubbing blend
• Wing - Type 1 or 2 Nature's Spirit Goose CDC feather(s) - (Note: See article about CDC by Hans Weilenmann )
• Head: Tying thread

Josh Stanish is a tyer from Bozeman, MT. Find out more about Josh by going to www.biggiesbugs.blogspot.com or to www.montanatroutchasers.com

Josh grew up in the mountains of Colorado and watched a world class resort grow from the ground up. His passion for fishing got started at a young age when his father would take him camping in the flat top wilderness. When he was about 10 he found an old spin/flyfish combo rod and headed to the river. He has been completely consumed with the sport ever since. Upon graduating High School he headed north to the great state of Montana. He attended college between his days on the Madison, Yellowstone and Gallatin Rivers.

Recipe:

• Hook: Dai Riki #305 or Tiemco #100 size 12-16
• Thread: Gray 70 Denier UTC Thread
• Tail: Micro Ultra Chennile Red
• Body: Yellow Ice Dubbing
• Wing: Deer Hair
• Overwing: White Poly Post yarn
• Legs: Pumpkin Sili Legs

This weeks fly is another one by Bob Jacklin of West Yellowstone, MT.

Bob Jacklin has been a fly fishing guide and outfitter in the Yellowstone region for over 37 years. He is a world class fly fisherman, fly tyer, and fly casting instructor. Bob holds a Masters Certification as a fly casting instructor, and sits on the FFF's Board of Governors for fly casting instruction. He has been tying flies commercially since 1963 and is a past recipient of the FFF's Buz Buszek award for his contributions to the art of fly tying. There are few people in the country with as much in-depth knowledge of fly fishing, fly casting, and fly tying as Bob Jacklin. He is a charter member of the Federation of Fly Fishers, on the pro staff for St. Croix Rods, Ross Reels, Cortland Lines, and Whiting Farms. He is also a contract fly tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. On October 23, 2004, at the Catskill Fl Fishing Center and Museum, Bob Jacklin was inducted into the very prestigious "Fly Fishing Hall of Fame"

Bob is a frequent participant at fly tying shows as well as putting on talks and demonstrations for smaller groups.

Now sit back and enjoy both the fly tying and story telling skills of Bob Jacklin. See the recipe below the video.

Recipe:

• Hook: Tiemco #200r Size 4 and 6
• Thread: Flo. Orange 210 Denier
• Tail: None
• Egg Sack: Black Elk or Deer Hair
• Body: Salmon Fly Orange Dubbing over Dyed Black Elk Hair
• Ribbing: Two Brown Saddle Hackles
• Wing: Long Blond Elk Hair
• Legs: Black Rubber Legs, Med
• Head and Collar: Bullet Head Dyed Brown Deary Body Hair

Doug McKnight returns with his Art Flick Dun Variant.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

Recipe:

• Hook: Standard Dry Fly
• Thread: UTC 70
• Tail: Dun Hackle fibers
• Body: Reddish brown hackle stripped
• Hackle: 2-3 dun dry fly hackles 3-4 times oversized

This week renown fly tyer Bob Jacklin joins us to show his rendition of Lee Wulff's classic Gray Wulff pattern.

Bob Jacklin has been a fly fishing guide and outfitter in the Yellowstone region for over 37 years. He is a world class fly fisherman, fly tyer, and fly casting instructor. Bob holds a Masters Certification as a fly casting instructor, and sits on the FFF's Board of Governors for fly casting instruction. He has been tying flies commercially since 1963 and is a past recipient of the FFF's Buz Buszek award for his contributions to the art of fly tying. There are few people in the country with as much in-depth knowledge of fly fishing, fly casting, and fly tying as Bob Jacklin. He is a charter member of the Federation of Fly Fishers, on the pro staff for St. Croix Rods, Ross Reels, Cortland Lines, and Whiting Farms. He is also a contract fly tyer for Umpqua Feather Merchants. On October 23, 2004, at the Catskill Fl Fishing Center and Museum, Bob Jacklin was inducted into the very prestigious "Fly Fishing Hall of Fame"

Bob is a frequent participant at fly tying shows as well as putting on talks and demonstrations for smaller groups.

Now sit back and enjoy both the fly tying and story telling skills of Bob Jacklin. See the recipe below the video.