fly patterns
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Name: Fancy Phayre Body: Red artificial silk over lead wire, rbd silver on BOTH hooks Hackle: Soft brown (barred under-wing or shoulder feathers) tied low on front hook Misc: NB. Hooks in tandem but point of rear hook pointing opposite way to front hook as illustrations Reference: Col R.B Phayre. India -
Name: Faren Fly Body: Peacock Herl with yellow tag at tail Wings: Starling or Partridge Hackle: Red Reference: William Blacker 1843 -
Name: Father's Irresistible Body: yellow hair from deer's tail Hackle: Purplish-grey Reference: Sir Richard Fairey 1949 -
Name: Feather Duster Body: light grey seal's fur mixed with Blue rabbit Hackle: Blue dun -
Name: Feather Duster Body: Grey fur over cork Hackle: Blue dun Reference: J. Hughes Parry. Wales -
Name: Feather Duster Body: Red Devon cattle fur Hackle: Grizzle, palmerwise Reference: K.J Chaler -
Name: Feather Duster Tail: Bronze Mallard fibres Body: Wild Rabbit, rough, gold tag Hackle: Grey Grizzle & Blue Dun wound together Reference: Wales -
Name: February Red Body: Medium orange tying silk dubbbed red-brown fox's ear Wings: Copper partridge tail Hackle: Wren tail -
Name: February Red Body: Medium orange tying silk dubbbed red-brown fox's ear Hackle: Mottled Partridge rump -
Name: February Red Body: Orange dubbing mixed with light Hare's ear Wings: Brown mottled partridge Hackle: Mottled Partridge rump Reference: Edward Fitzgibbon 1854 -
Name: February Red Body: ruddy sheep's wol mixed red squirrel showing claret tying silk at tail Hackle: Brassy dun or grizzle Reference: James Ogden 1879. Devon -
Name: February Red Body: Dirty claret-red mohair at tail, rest medium brown Wings: speckled Pea Hen back Hackle: Dark grizzle dun (blue) -
Name: February Red Thread: Claret Body: Orange Mohair Hackle: Blue Dun Reference: Welsh Dee -
Name: February Red Body: Peacock quill dyed claret Hackle: Rusty blue dun -
Name: February Red Body: Claret wool Wings: Peahen wing, tied flat Hackle: Claret Reference: Alfred Ronalds 1836. Lancs -
Name: February Red Body: Dark red squirrel mixed Claret mohair showing most claret at tail Hackle: Woodcock wing covert Reference: Alfred Ronalds 1836. Derby -
Name: February Red Body: Mahogany silk Hackle: Partridge -
Name: February Red Body: Dark red squirrel mixed Claret mohair showing most claret at tail Wings: Brown Mallard Hackle: Woodcock wing covert Reference: Edward Fitzgibbon 1853 -
Name: February Red Body: Mole on dark red silk Hackle: glassy sheen from under woodcock wing -
Name: February Red Body: 2 turns claret wool at tail, rest light Hare's ear Wings: Palest Hen Pheasant Hackle: Claret -
Name: February Red Body: Dark Brown stem quill from Peacock dyed claret OR dark claret mohair Wings: 2 Dark Brown grizzled hackles, flat Hackle: Dark grizzled Blue dun Reference: Roger Woolley 1932 -
Name: February Red Body: Red Sheepskin or Dark Red Squirrel Wings: Dark Drake, flat Hackle: Red Reference: Rev W.Cartwright 1854 -
Name: February Red Body: rough of Brick-red Pig's wool Wings: Palest Hen Pheasant OR speckled black & white feather Hackle: Red Reference: St John Dick 1873 -
Name: Fern Bud Body: Peacock herl with very sad-green silk Wings: Fieldfare wing Reference: James Chetham 1681 -
Name: Fern Fly Body: Hare's neck (fern coloured) Wings: Darkish grey mallard Reference: Charles Cotton 1676 -
Name: Fern Fly Body: Orange silk Wings: Woodcock Hackle: Pale Dun Reference: R & C Bowlker 1747 -
Name: Fern Fly Body: Orange silk Wings: Dark Starling Hackle: Light red Reference: Alfred Ronalds 1836 -
Name: Fern Fly Body: Light brown fox's breast fur Wings: Yellowish feather from Thrush, Fieldfare or chicken Hackle: Pale Dun Reference: G.C Bainbridge 1816 -
Name: Fern Owl Body: Brown bear's fur mixed with purple worsted Wings: Fern Owl or Nightjar Hackle: Dusky-red cock's Reference: Henry Wade 1861 -
Name: FFlambo Body: Claret Seal's Fur or wool rbd gold Wings: Bronze Mallard Hackle: Claret Reference: N.Wales -
Name: F Fly Thread: Pre-waxed Black or Yellow Body: Tying Silk or Heron Herl Wings: Preen-gland Duck (found at base of tail) tied on top of hook & trimmed to hook length Reference: Marjan Fratnik (Milan) Europe -
Name: Fiery Brown Tail: GP Tippet Body: Reddish-brown seal's fur rbd gold Wings: Bronze Mallard or Brown Owl Hackle: Red Reference: J. Bernard 1932 -
Name: Fiery Brown Tail: GP Crest with orange tag Body: Reddish-brown seal's fur rbd gold Wings: Tippet with Brown Mallard over Hackle: Fiery brown Reference: Roger Woolley 1932 -
Name: Fiery Brown Tail: GP Tippet Body: Reddish-brown seal's fur rbd gold Wings: Bronze Mallard Hackle: Fiery-Brown cock Reference: Peter O'Reilly 1985. Ireland -
Name: Filtip Misc: Push the eye of a straight-eyed No 8 long-shank hook lengthwise through a cigarette filter-tip, NOT dead centre but off-set. Give several coats of varnish to waterproof. Reference: Richard Walker -
Name: Fingerling Tail: Tip of scarlet cock's hackle Body: Embossed gold Wings: 4 GP Tippet feathers back to back showing 3 bars Hackle: Red game cock Misc: Cheeks: Scarlet goose wing with Peacock Sword over Reference: N.America -
Name: Firefly Tips/Butt/Tag: Yellow Body: Copper peacock herl, gold tipped & rbd Wings: Brown & Grey Partridge mixed Hackle: Red, Furnace or Black Reference: Wm Blacker 1843 -
Name: Firehole Tail: Black hackle fibres Body: Dark blue-grey fur Wings: Teal, divided & upright Hackle: Black & Grizzle mixed Reference: Ray Bergman c.1930. America -
Name: Firehole Tail: Black hackle fibres Body: Well-marked peacock quill Wings: Light blue-grey hackle points, spent Hackle: Black & Grizzle mixed Reference: Ray Bergman c.1930. America -
Name: Fisherman's Curse Body: Cock pheasant tail or brown turkey tail Wings: Pale Starling Hackle: Cock Starling Reference: G.S Marryatt's pattern -
Name: Fisherman's Curse Body: Black silk, silver tag & Black Ostrich herl behind hackle Hackle: Badger Reference: Sir M.Duff-Gordon's pattern -
Name: Fitzgerald Tips/Butt/Tag: Orange Swan herl Body: Peacock herl dyed magenta Wings: Light Widgeon Hackle: Badger dyed dark Ruby -
Name: Flesh Fly Body: Black spaniel's fur with blue wool Wings: Grey Mallard Reference: Charles Cotton 1676 -
Name: Flesh Fly Body: Light & Dark blue shining silk or alpaca wool. Fasten at head with orange or yellow silk Hackle: Cock pheasant neck Reference: M.Theakston 1853 -
Name: Flesh Fly Body: Light & Dark blue shining silk or alpaca wool. Fasten at head with orange or yellow silk Hackle: Cock pheasant neck with Black hackle palmerwise -
Name: Flesh Fly, Little Body: Peacock herl Wings: Grey Mallard Reference: Charles Cotton 1676 -
Name: Flight's Fancy Tail: Guinea-fowl dyed slightly olive-green Body: Primrose floss rbd gold Wings: Pale Starling Hackle: Pale buff Reference: H.S Hall c.1885 F.M Halford 1886 -
Name: Flight's Fancy Tail: Pale ginger Body: Pale yellow floss rbd gold Wings: Pale Starling Hackle: Pale ginger Reference: Roger Woolley 1932 -
Name: Flight's Fancy Body: Pale yellow floss rbd gold Wings: Pale Starling Hackle: Honey Dun -
Name: Flight's Fancy Tail: Yellow dun fibres Body: Light yellow crewel with slight greenish tinged, rbd narrow flat gold Wings: Pale Starling OR palish dun hackles Hackle: Pale ginger Reference: Theodore Gordon. America -
Name: Foetid Brown Body: Full, Hare's ear & Water-rat mixed Wings: Upright & Full, Corncrake over Starling Hackle: (Optional) Blue Dun Reference: Francis Francis 1867 -
Name: Foetid Green Body: Dull green seal's fur Wings: Starling with Corncrake over, upright & full Hackle: Grizzled dun Reference: Francis Francis 1867 -
Name: Foetid Yellow Body: Dirty-buff seal's fur Wings: Starling with Corncrake over, upright & full Hackle: Grizzled dun Reference: Francis Francis 1867 -
Name: Fog Black Body: Dark purple silk Wings: Bullfinch Hackle: Starling neck Head: Magpie herl Reference: North Country -
Name: Fog Black Body: Dark heron herl Wings: Bullfinch Hackle: Starling neck Reference: John Bickerdyke 1902 -
Name: Fog Black Body: Dark purple silk rbd Magpie or Ostrich herl Wings: Bullfinch Hackle: Starling neck Reference: T.E Pritt -
Name: Fontinalis Tail: White Body: Orange wool Wings: Orange Goose or Duck wing, edged grey & white Goose, tied with bottom edge of 'married' wing parallel to body Hackle: White Reference: Phillip Armstrong (Penn USA) America -
Name: Footballer Thread: Grey or Dun Body: Black & White horsehair wound from well round the bend to form alternate bands Thorax: Mole fur Head: Peacock herl Reference: G.Bucknall -
Name: Footman, Red-Necked Thread: Black Body: Black Polypropylene dubbing Thorax: Orange fluorescent wool Wings: 2 Black hen hackle tips Hackle: Black Reference: Taff Price -
Name: Ford's Favourite Body: Blue Silk Wings: Dark Snipe Hackle: Black Grizzle Reference: Thomas Ford of Caistor c.1880 -
Name: Fore & Aft Fly Misc: A method of dressing a good-floating dryfly. One hackle at tail, a thick body and another hackle at the head. These hackles may be the same colour (cf GR Hare's Ear) or of different colours (cf Mayfly) Reference: Horace Brown c.1925 -
Name: Fouracre's Fancy Thread: Black Body: Green Lurex rbd fine silver and the whole covered with stretched polythene & varnished Wings: Grey squirrel tail with black over if required Reference: D.J Collyer 1975 -
Name: Fox, Ash Tail: 2 monkey hairs Body: Fox's fur from skin of throat mixed pale straw-coloured mohair Wings: Starling Reference: Samuel Taylor 1809 -
Name: Fox, Blue Tail: Monkey hair (fine ash colour) Body: Fox's blue fur mixed with a little camel's hair & light straw mohair Wings: Starling Reference: Alex Mackintosh 1806. Yorks -
Name: Fox, Blue Tail: Monkey hair (fine ash colour) Body: Fox Fur from skin of shoulder mixed black rabbit tail & straw mohair Wings: Starling Reference: Samuel Taylor 1809 -
Name: Fox, Dark Tail: Ash-coloured hairs from squirrel tail Body: Fox fur mixed black rabbit tail & a little pale straw-coloured mohair Wings: Starling Hackle: (Optional) Ash-coloured Reference: Henry Wade 1861 -
Name: Fox Dun Tail: Ash-coloured hairs from squirrel tail Body: Brass-coloured Mohair, rbd gold Wings: Starling Hackle: Ash-coloured Reference: Henry Wade 1861 -
Name: Fox Dun Tail: 2 monkeys hairs Body: Fox fur from near skin between throat & shoulder mixed with brass-coloured mohair Wings: Starling Reference: Samuel Taylor 1809 -
Name: Fox, Light Tail: Ash-coloured squirrel tail Body: Light camel hair with lightest straw mohair Wings: Starling Reference: Henry Wade 1861 -
Name: Fox, Light Tail: Monkey hair Body: Light camel hair with lightest straw mohair Reference: Samuel Taylor 1809 -
Name: Francis Fly Body: Bronze peacock herl ribbed copper silk Wings: 2 Blue dun hackle points, upright Hackle: Medium Blue Dun Reference: Francis Francis 1867. Wales -
Name: Freda Tail: GP Tippet fibres Body: Embossed silver Wings: Copper peacock herl & Jungle cock Hackle: Furnace Reference: Lt Comander H.G Nalder 1936 -
Name: Freeman's Fancy Tail: Orange toucan Body: Magenta floss rbd gold twist Wings: Brown Mallard: Jungle cock cheeks Hackle: Claret Reference: Capt W. Freeman c.1907 -
Name: Freeman's Fancy Tail: GP Crest Body: Gold Wings: Brown Mallard: Jungle cock cheeks Hackle: Bright Magenta -
Name: Frenchman Tail: Cock Pheasant tail Body: Yellow raffia rbd gold Hackle: Brassy dun palmerwise with barred French Partridge at shoulder Reference: Roger Woolley 1932 -
Name: Freshwater Louse Body: Pale olive Seal's fur rbd silver Misc: Legs: Grey partridge hackle tied in at bend wound two or three turns & fixed in spent position with figure of eight knot Reference: G.Bucknall's pattern -
Name: Freshwater Louse Body: Mixed grey & brown Hare's Ear flat, ribbed flat silver Hackle: Brown partridge from mid-body to head Misc: NB. Copper or lead wire under body for weight Reference: C.F. Walker's pattern -
Name: Friel's Fancy Tail: 2 strands Peacock herl Body: Black cock hackle, palmerwise rbd silver OR Yellow floss OR Red floss Wings: Guinea Fowl wing Hackle: Black Reference: Africa & Australasia -
Name: Froghopper Body: Brown hackle slipped short along top Wings: Wing cases: 2 stiffish mottled feathers to form roof over back -
Name: Froghopper Body: Ginger fur rbd gold twist Hackle: Wren tail Misc: NB. see also under 'Wrentail' Reference: Alfred Ronald 1836 -
Name: Froghopper, Green Thread: Olive Body: Olive cock hackle, palmerwise & clipped top & sides Wings: Flat, Olive fibres, varnished Reference: S.D Price 1981 -
Name: Frog, Bi-coloured Tail: 2 long streamers of brown kid either side of hook Hackle: Large partridge, followed by White, followed by another Partridge Reference: C.W.W.S Conway. India -
Name: Frog, Floating Thread: Green Body: Balsa wood painted green above & yellow under with yellow 'blotches' on top Eyes: 2 green map pins Misc: Legs: Yellow & Green bucktailed glued into holes in the body & jointed with fine copper wire Reference: S.D Price -
Name: Frog, Surface Thread: Green Body: Clipped deer hair, coloured green on top & yellow underneath Misc: Legs: Bucktail, mixed yellow & green Reference: S.D Price -
Name: Frost Fly Body: Claret silk Wings: Starling dyed in onion Hackle: Furnace Reference: Alfred Ronalds 1836. Derby -
Name: Furnace Fly Tail: Furnace Body: red-brown seal's fur on orange silk Wings: Dark Starling Hackle: Furnace -
Name: Furnace Fly Tail: Furnace Body: Orange tying silk Wings: Dark Starling Hackle: Furnace Reference: James Ogden 1879 -
Name: Furnace Fly Body: Orange floss ribbed peacock sword Hackle: Furnace Reference: F.M Halford's pattern -
Name: Furnace Fly Body: Orange tying silk Wings: Fieldfare Hackle: Furnace Reference: Edward Fitzgibbon 1838 -
Name: Fuzza Buzza Body: Black Seal Fur rbd Silver or Gold wire over lead or copper weighting Thorax: Natural Peacock herl Reference: (J.Haines) Nymph -
Name: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Black Tail: Black squirrel tail Body: Black chenille Hackle: Black cock's in centre of a body & a second at shoulder Reference: New Zealand -
Name: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Green Tail: Black squirrel hair Body: Green Chenille Hackle: 2 Black cock's - 1 in centre of the body & 2nd at shoulder Reference: New Zealand -
Name: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Orange Tail: Black Squirrel hair Body: Orange chenille Hackle: 2 Black cock's - 1st in middle of body at 2nd at shoulder Reference: New Zealand -
Name: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Red Tail: Black squirrel hair Body: Red chenille Hackle: 2 Black cock's - 1st in middle of body & 2nd at shoulder Reference: New Zealand -
Name: Fuzzy Wuzzy, Yellow Tail: Black squirrel hair Body: Yellow chenille Hackle: 2 Black cock's - 1st in middle of body & 2nd at shoulder Reference: New Zealand