The Pattern List
Don’t be misled. Even if you think that you see an old favorite on the page that you already know and have, you don’t. Every herein fly has been modified to the point where it should really have another name. However, we always wish to acknowledge the efforts of the original creator, so no matter how much we’ve modified it, we attempt leaving their thunder intact.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6
Fly Pattern Junkies……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
Don’t be shy……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
Seasonal Starting………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
Patterns……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 11
Some Useful Tying Tips………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
The Patterns ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 23
Beaver Leech …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 24
Beaver and Tan…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 26
Black and Silver…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 28
Black Death……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 30
Canadian Blood Leech………………………………………………………………………………………… 33
Bloody Butcher ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 35
Bob’s Backswimmer …………………………………………………………………………………………… 37
Bob’s Black Gnat ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Bob’s Lake Dragon …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 41
Bob’s Northern Cased Caddis………………………………………………………………………………. 44
Callibaetis Emerger ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 46
Canadian Brown Mohair Leech ……………………………………………………………………………. 48
Chicano …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 50
Copper Coachman………………………………………………………………………………………………. 52
Crystal Bigg’s Fly ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 54
Crystal Boatman…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 56
Crystal Caddis……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 58
Crystal Damsel…………………………………………………………………………………………………… 60
Crystal Minnow …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 62
Crystal P-Quad …………………………………………………………………………………………………….65
Crystal Spratley………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 67
Darting Damsel ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 69
Deep Misery………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 71
Diefenbaker Special ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 73
Harder Scud ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 75
Little Brown Guy ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 77
Manitoba Misery………………………………………………………………………………………………… 79
Mark’s Minnow………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 81
Midnight Fire …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 83
Mite Bee……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 85
M.U.D. Caddis …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 87
Neon P-Quad……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 89
Olive Flash Scud ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 91
Olive Marabou Muddler ……………………………………………………………………………………… 94
Pheasant Tail Crayfish…………………………………………………………………………………………. 96
P-Quad ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 99
Phantom of the Lake …………………………………………………………………………………………. 101
Prince of Darkness ……………………………………………………………………………………………..103
Psychedelic P-Quad ……………………………………………………………………………………………106
MacSheedy Bloodworm ………………………………………………………………………………………109
Scud Missile ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….112
Shamu Scud ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….114
Spear Lake Renegade …………………………………………………………………………………………..116
Squirrel P-Quad ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 118
S.W. Floating Snail ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 120
The Smooth ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 124
Tokaryk Special …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 126
Tokaryk Brown …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 128
Tom Thumb ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………130
Velva Beetle ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 132
On becoming an Iconoclast ………………………………………………………………………………. 134
Why? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 143