Fly Tying Video Gallery - Dry Flies

Synthetic Quill CDC Emerger

Ingredients:

To tie Synthetic Quill CDC Emerger pattern, you need the following:

- Hook: Std or Curved Hopper #12 – #20, try Maruto Curved c41 Hooks
- Thread: light, thicker thread, try Gray Olive in Hemingway’s 3/0 Thread
- Tail: Dark Brown Bootlace, try Mallard Barred Feathers
- Body: Hemingway’s Synthetic Tapered Peacock Quill
- Thorax: Hemingway’s CDC Feathers in Grey
- Wing: Hemingway’s CDC Feathers in Grey

Semi Realistic Sulphur

Ingredients:

To tie Semi Realistic Sulphur pattern, you need the following:

Hook: Maruto D31SSC Std Dry #12 – #18 (Jim used #12)
Thread: Veevus 8/0 Thread in Light Cahill
Tail: Micro Fibets or try our Coq de Leon Feathers
Body: Hemingway’s Synthetic Tapered Peacock Quill in Yellow
Wing: Hemingway Mayfly Wings
Hackle: CDC Feathers

Hemingway’s Caddis

Ingredients:

To tie Hemingway’s Caddis pattern, you need the following:

- Hook: Short shank / Std Dry #10 – #16, try Maruto d04 dry fly hooks
- Thread: Hemingway’s 8/0 Thread in Dark Brown
- Abdomen: Olive dubbing – match the hatch, try Hemingway’s All Round Dubbing
- Thorax: Hemingway’s CDC Feathers in Brown
- Under Wing: Hemingway’s CDC Feathers – match the wing color
- Wing: Hemingway Realistic Caddis Wings

Quill Sulphur Parachute

Ingredients:

To tie Jim’s Quill Sulphur Parachute pattern, you need the following:

- Hook: Maruto D31SSC Std Dry #12 – #20 (Jim used #14)
- Thread: Veevus 8/0 Thread in Orange
- Wing: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot
- Tail: Cream Hackle, try our Coq de Leon Feathers in Indio
- Abdomen: Hemingway’s Synthetic Tapered Peacock Quill in Orange
- Thorax: Sulphur Orange Super Fine (you can also try Hemingway’s All Round Dubbing in Flame Orange)
- Hackle: Cream, Coq de Leon Feathers in Indio

Cow Dung

Ingredients:

To tie Jim’s Cow Dung pattern, you need the following:

Hook: Hemingway’s Dry H123 in size #12 to #20
Thread: Hemingway’s 8/0 Thread in Rusty Brown
Body: Mix 2 Yellow 2 Olive Peacock Herl or try Hemingway’s Peacock Dubbing in Peacock Eye
Hackle: Grizzly

Realistic Red Quill

Ingredients:

To tie Jim’s Realistic Red Quill pattern, you need the following:

Hook: Demon Competition W633 Hooks in size #16
Thread: Hemingway’s 8/0 Thread in Rusty Brown
Body: Frosty Fly Realistic Extended Mayfly Body in Red Brown
Wings: Hemingway Realistic Mayfly Wings in Tan
Hackle: Blue Dun (or try Hemingway’s CDC Feathers in Natural)
Scissors used: Renomed FS1 Small Straight Scissors 9cm

Brown Drake

Ingredients:

To tie Steven’s Brown Drake pattern, you need the following:

Hook: Ahrex FW520 Emerger Hook #10
Body: Realistic Extended Mayfly Bodies in Brown Drake
Wings: Hemingway’s Mayfly Wings
Hackle: Brown and wood duck CDC feathers

Golden Stone

Ingredients:

To tie Steven’s Golden Stone pattern, you need the following:

Hook: Ahrex Size 10 (you can also try: Hemingway’s H118 Hooks)
Thread: 6/0 Tan
Body: Frosty Fly Stonefly Bodies in Golden Stone
Dubbing: Hemingway’s All Round in Gold Olive color
Underwing: Para Post – White Poly
Overwing: Natural Elk Hair
Legs: Barred Rubber Legs

Skittering Caddis

Ingredients:

To tie the Skittering Caddis pattern, you need the following:

- Hook: Maruto Dry Fly Hook D31SSC in size 12
- Thread: Hemingway’s 6/0 in Olive color
- Body: Hemingway’s Tube Body Caddis in Light Orange
- Wings: Hemingway’s Caddis Wings in Medium, Tan
- Under Wing: CDC feathers in Gray
- Head: Hemingway’s Hare UV Dubbing in Tan

Soft Hackle

Ingredients:

To tie the Soft Hackle pattern, you need the following:

- Hook: Hemingway’s Dry Fly H118 hooks in size 6
- Thread: 6/0 (try Hemingway’s 6/0 )
- Body: Hemingway’s Tapered Synthetic Peacock Quills in Natural
- Thorax: Hemingway’s Hare Plus Dubbing in Brown
- Hackle: Hungarian Partridge Dyed Caddis Green

Hemingway’s BWO Dry Fly

Ingredients:

To tie Hemingway’s BWO Dry Fly, you need the following:

- Hook: Dry Fly Hemingway’s H123, size #16
- Thread: Hemingway’s 8/0 Thread in Gray Olive
- Wings: Hemingway’s Mayfly Wings in Dark color, XS size
- Tail: Coq de Leon Feathers
- Body: fine dubbing, try Hemingway’s Beaver Dubbing in Tan
- Hackle: grizzly hackle, dyed olive
- a bit of head cement

Egg-Laying Caddis Dry Fly

Ingredients:

To tie Egg-Laying Caddis Dry Fly, you need the following:

Hook: Dry Fly Hemingway’s H123, size #14
Thread: Hemingway’s 8/0 in Black
Egg: Antron Yarn in Caddis Green
Hackle: grizzly hackle, dyed olive
Body: fine dubbing, try Hemingway’s Beaver Dubbing in Tan
Wings: Hemingway’s Caddis Wings in Cinnamon
Collar: brown furnace hackle
a bit of head cement

Griffith’s Gnat

Ingredients:

To tie Epic’s Griffith’s Gnat, you need the following:

Hook: Dry Fly Hemingway’s H123, size #16
Thread: Hemingway’s 8/0 in Black
Hackle: grizzly hackle
Body: Peacock herl
a bit of Head Cement

Hemingway’s Caddis Dry Fly

Ingredients:

To tie Hemingway’s Caddis Dry Fly, you need the following:

Hook: Dry Fly Hemingway’s H123, size #16
Thread: Hemingway’s 8/0 in Black
Grizzly hackle feather
Body: fine, dry fly dubbing (we recommend Hemingway’s Beaver Dubbing in Tan color)
Hackle feather in brown color
Wings: Hemingway’s Caddis Wings in Small or Medium
a bit of Head Cement

Blue Quill

Ingredients:

To tie Jim Misiura’s Blue Quill, you need the following:

Hook: standard dry #12 – #18 (Maruto D31SSC)
Thread: grey (Veevus 16/0 in Grey)
Tail: Blue Dun hackle fibers (Coq de Leon Indio in Claro)
Body: Blue Dun hackle stem (try Synthetic Tapered Peacock Quill in Blue)
Wing: Blue Dun hackle tips (Mallard Barred Feathers in Natural)
Hackle: Blue Dun (Hemingway’s CDC Feathers in Gray)

Iron Blue Dun

Ingredients:

To tie Jim Misiura’s Iron Blue Dun, you need the following:

- Hook: standard dry #12 – #18 (Maruto D31SSC)
- Thread: grey (Veevus 16/0 in Grey)
- Tail: Blue Dun hackle fibers (Mallard Barred Feathers in Natural)
- Butt: dubbing in rusty red color (Hemingway’s Beaver Dubbing in Red Wine or Red Fox)
- Body: dubbing in Adams Grey (Hemingway’s Beaver Dubbing in Creamy Gray)
- Wing: Slate Grey Goose Quill (Mallard Barred Feathers in Natural)
- Hackle: Blue Dun (Hemingway’s CDC Feathers in Gray)

Green Drake Mayfly

Ingredients:

To tie Kevin Hospodar’s Green Drake Mayfly, you need the following:

- Hook – Partridge grub and buzzer hooks, size #10
- Thread – Lagartun Black, we also suggest Hemingway’s Thread 6/0
- Body – Tube Body from Hemingway’s Realistic Eph emera Danica Set
- Wing – Wings from Hemingway’s Realistic Ephemera Danica Set, or separately as Realistic Mayfly Wings – 2 pairs
- Hackle – green Grizzly

Indicator Mayfly

Ingredients:

To tie Fly Fiend’s Indicator Mayfly, you need the following:

Hook – Fly Fiend 350D #12
Thread – Veevus 50D GSP
Tail – Coq De Leon feathers
Rib – UTC Ultra Wire Silver
Body – Turkey Biot Light Cahill
Thorax – Hemingway’s UV Hare Dubbing Plus
Para Post – Red/Yellow Antron
Hackle – Whiting Dry Fly Hackle

Quill Body Mayfly by The Fly Fiend

Ingredients:

To tie Fly Fiend’s Quill Body Mayfly, you need the following:

Hook – Fly Fiend 350D #12
Thread – UTC 70D Brown Olive
Tail – Coq De Leon
Body – Hemingway’s Synthetic Peacock Quill in Olive
Wings – Hemingway’s Mayfly Wings – XS, Dark
Hackle – Whitings Dry Fly Hackle

Rusty Spinner by Corey Cabral

Ingredients:

To tie Corey’s Rusty Spinner, you need the following:

Hook: Size 12 Maruto Dry Fly D31SSC Hooks
Thread: 6/0 Danvilles Waxed Thread – Olive
Tail: Brown Saddle Hackle
Body: Hemingway’s Synthetic Peacock Quill – Tan
Thorax: Hemingway’s Hare’s Dubbing Plus UV – Rusty Brown
Wings: Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly Wings – Small – Tan

Semi Realistic Mayfly by Kevin Hospodar

Ingredients:

To tie Kevin Hospodar’s Semi Realistic Mayfly, you need the following:

Hook – Partridge Dry fly supreme (we also recommend the Hemingway’s H123 Micro Barb Dry Fly Hooks)
Thread – Olive
Body – Hemingway’s Mayfly Tube Body
Wing – Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly Wings
Hackle – natural dun hackle

Hemingway's Realistic Caddis Fly

EASY STEPS

HOW TO TIE

How to Tie Realistic Caddis Fly - Step 13

How to tie Hemingway’s Realistic Caddis Fly

What You Need:

Dry fly hook, size 10-16
Dubbing: All Round or Beaver Plus
Realistic Caddis Wings
Body: Caddis Tube Body
Thread
CDC Feathers
Dubbing: Deer Hair for legs and thorax

Hemingway's Realistic Stonefly

EASY STEPS

HOW TO TIE

How to tie realistic stonefly - Tying Stonefly - Step 12

How to tie Hemingway’s Realistic Stonefly

What You Need:

Dry fly hook, size 6-14
Thread
Tube Body
Realistic Stonefly Wings
Dubbing: Deer Hair for thorax

Hemingway's Realistic Mayfly

EASY STEPS

HOW TO TIE

How to tie Hemingway’s Realistic Mayfly

What You Need:

Dry fly hook, size 8-16
Dubbing: All Round or Beaver Plus
Realistic Mayfly Wings
Mayfly Tube Body
Thread
CDC Feathers

Patriot Fly by Jim Misiura

Ingredients:

To tie Jim Misiura’s Patriot Fly, you need the following:

Hook: standard dry, sizes #12 to #18, Jim used Maruto d31SSC in size 14
Thread: Red colored
Tail: Dark Ginger
Body: 1/3 Teal Krystal Flash, 1/3 Red Thread, 1/3 Teal Krystal Flash
Wing: white para post, Jim used Hemingway’s Para Post Wing in White
Hackle: Dark Ginger

Grizzly Bi Color by Jim Misiura

Ingredients:

To tie Jim Misiura’s Grizzly Bi Color, you need the following:

Hook: standard dry, sizes #14 to #20, Jim used Maruto d04 Barbless Dry Fly Hooks in size #16
Thread: tan color
Tail: ginger hackle
Body: beaver dubbing, we recommend Hemingway’s Beaver Dubbing
Body Hackle: Natural Grizzly
Hackle: Brown Grizzly

Hen Back Caddis by Jim Misiura

Ingredients:

To tie Jim Misiura’s Hen Back Caddis, you need the following:

Hook: Standard hook, sizes #14 to#18, Jim used Maruto d04 Barbless Dry Fly Hooks in size #16
Thread: brown color
Body: brown fine dubbing, we recommend Hemingway’s Hare Dubbing
Wing: Hen Hackle Tip
Hackle: Dark Dun