1 Early Brown
Hook Nos. 13 & 12. Tying silk hot orange. Body, fur from a hare’s ear dubbed on the tying silk: hackled with an under covert feather from a woodcock’s wing.
2 Dark Olive Dun
Hook Nos. 13 & 14. Tying silk lemon yellow. Tail, strands from a guinea fowl’s neck feather: body, a strand from a heron’s centre tail feather dyed in picric acid & ribbed with fine gold gimp: hackle, a dark honey dun cockerel’s hackle, wings, from a waterhen’s secondary quill.
3 Blue Upright
Hook Nos. 13, 14 & 15. Tying silk pale orange. Tail, strands from a guinea fowl’s neck feather: body, stripped quill from a peacock’s moon feather, dubbed at shoulder with fur from a hare’s ear: hackled with a rusty dun cockerel’s hackle.
4 Pheasant Tail
Hook Nos. 12, 13, 14 & 15. Tying silk hot orange. Tail, strands from a Rhode Island cock’s spade feather: body, two or three strands from a cock’s pheasant’s centre tail feather twisted and turned round the shank of hook & ribbed with fine gold gimp: hackled with a blue or rusty dun cockerel’s hackle (optionally two or three turns of peacock’s herl, from the centre of the moon feather, may be added to represent the thorax).
5 Water Cricket
Hook Nos. 13 & 14. Tying silk purple. Body, hot orange floss silk ribbed with the tying silk, with three or four turns of herl from a peacock’s sword feather to represent the thorax: hackled with a cock starling’s neck feather.
6 Smoky Blue
Hook No’s 13 & 14. Tying silk lemon yellow. Body, a dubbing of mole’s fur on the tying silk: hackled with an under covert feather from a waterhen’s wing (in Yorkshire known as the waterhen bloa).
7 Gold-ribbed Hare’s Ear
Hook Nos. 14 & 16. Tying silk primrose yellow. Tail, strands from a cinnamon turkey tail’s feather: body, fur from a hare’s ear ribbed with narrow gold ribbon tinsel: hackle a light honey dun cockerel’s hackle: wings, from a cock’s starling’s secondary quill (the original instead of a hackle has the hare’s fur picked out at the shoulder to represent the legs).
8 March Brown (nymph)
Hook Nos. 11 & 12. Tying silk pale orange. Tail, strands from a cock’s pheasant’s side tail feather: body, unstripped condor quill dyed a walnut brown (optionally ribbed with a fine gold gimp) with three or four turns of peacock herl (from the moon feather) at shoulder to represent the thorax: hackle, a freckled feather from the back of a partridge.
9 Grannom (nymph)
Hook Nos 13 & 14. Tying silk pea green. Body, unstripped condor quill dyed pea green with a dubbing of grey squirrel’s fur at shoulder to represent thorax, over two strands of hen pheasant tail feather to represent the “paddles” (optional): hackle, a freckled feather from a partridge’s neck.
10 Iron Blue Dun
Hook Nos. 16 & 17. Tying silk purple. Body, stripped quill from a strand of peacock sword feather, with a dubbing of mole’s fur at shoulder’s: hackle, dark blue dun cockerel’s hackle (if wings are desired a jackdaw’s secondary quill will supply about the right shade).
11 Gravel Bed Fly
Hook Nos. 13 & 14. Tying silk black. Body, grey worsted - cigar ash shade – varnished over with dilute durofix: hackles, two turns of a black cockerel’s hackle (long & fine in the fibre) followed in front by two turns of a freckled feather from a partridge’s back ( a more practical dressing than the winged version and a good floater – more effective than when used wet).
12 Coch-yn-las
Hook Nos. 14 & 15. Tying silk purple. Body, strand from brown turkey tail dyed purple: wings, from waterhen secondary quill: hackle, dark rusty dun cockerel’s hackle (known as Broughton Point in the northern counties).
13 Little Chap
Hook Nos. 13 & 14. Tying silk purple. Body, Peacock sword feather: hackle, badger cockerel’s hackle.
14 Black Midge
Hook Nos. 14 & 15. Tying silk black. Body, stripped quill of peacock sword feather: wings from jay’s secondary quill: hackle, black or very dark blue dun cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
15 Crimson Partridge
Hook Nos. 13 & 14. Tying silk crimson. Body, crimson floss silk ribbed with fine silver ribbon tinsel, with a dubbing of grey squirrel’s fur at shoulder (and optionally a tag of silver ribbon tinsel); hackle, a grey freckled feather from the neck of a partridge (this is supposed to represent the nymph of the preceding – No 14).
16 Hawthorn Fly
Hook Nos. 12 & 13 Tying silk black. Body, ostrich herl: wings from a jay’s secondary quill: hackle, a black cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
17 Alder Fly
Hook Nos. 12 & 13. Tying silk black. Body, three or four strands from the central tail feather of a cock pheasant, twisted together and ribbed with the tying silk: wings from a hen pheasant’s central tail feather; hackle, a black cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
18 Stone Fly (nymph)
Hook Nos. 9 & 10. Tying silk lemon yellow. Tail, strands of cock pheasant side tail feather; body, lemon yellow Berlin wool ribbed with fine oval gold gimp, dubbed at shoulder with fur from a hare’s face, to represent thorax; hackle, the freckled feather from a grouse’s back.
19 Olive Brown (nymph)
Hook Nos. 11 & 12. Tying silk lemon yellow. Tail strands from a cock pheasant’s side tail feather; body, unstripped condor quill dyed olive green with three or four turns of natural unstripped condor quill (grey) at shoulder to represent thorax; hackle, a freckled feather from a cock’s partridge’s back.
20 Oak Fly
Hook Nos. 12 & 13. Tying silk hot orange. Body, hot orange floss silk ribbed with grey ostrich herl; wings, from a woodcock’s secondary quill; hackle, in front of wings, a furnace cockerel’s hackle.
21 Black Smut
Hook Nos. 16, 17 & 18. Tying silk black. Body, brown turkey tail strand dyed purple; hackle, cock starling’s neck feather (a refinement is to provide a hot orange or scarlet silk head).
22 Yellow May Dun
Hook Nos. 12 & 13. Tying silk primrose yellow. Tail, strands from a partridge’s centre tail feather; body, strands from a swan’s secondary quill dyed sulphur yellow & ribbed with fine gold gimp; hackle, a white cockerel’s hackle dyed sulphur yellow; wings, from a cock partridge’s secondary quill.
23 Coch-y-Bonddu
Hook Nos. 12 & 13. Tying silk pea green. Body, peacock’s sword feather, with a strip of cock pheasant’s centre tail feather tied in before the sword feather and doubled forward over the body to represent the elytra & fastened at the shoulder behind the hackles; hackles, a black cockerel’s hackle (three or four turns) and in front two or three turns of a cock pheasant’s crest feather (this pattern can be used wet or dry).
24 Yellow Sally
Hook Nos. 13 & 14. Tying silk primrose yellow. Tail, strands from a hen pheasant’s side tail feather (short); body, primrose yellow floss silk; hackle, an under covert feather from a cock starling’s wing.
25 Coachman
Hook Nos. 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13. Tying silk purple. Body, peacock herl, from the moon feather, with a tag of gold ribbon tinsel; wings from a white hen’s secondary quill; hackle, a ginger cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
26 Heather Moth
Hook Nos. 10, 11 & 12. Tying silk pale orange. Body, grey squirrel’s fur, ribbed with fine silver gimp, with a tag of narrow silver ribbon tinsel; hackle, blue Andalusian hen’s hackle.
27 Soldier Beetle
Hook Nos. 12, 13 & 14. Tying silk hot orange. Body, hot orange floss silk with a strip of golden pheasant tippet tied in, having the dark barr at the extreme end, carried over and fastened at shoulder; hackle, a bright ginger cockerel’s hackle.
28 Dusky Wood Ant
Hook Nos. 11, 12, 13 & 14. Tying silk purple. Body, three or four turns of peacock herl, from centre of moon feather, followed by two or three strands (as dark as possible) from a cock pheasant’s centre tail feather; wings, from a jay’s secondary quill; hackle a rusty black cockerel’s hackle.
29 Brown Ant
Hook Nos. 12, 13, 14 & 15. Tying silk hot orange. Body, three or four turns of peacock herl from centre of moon feather followed by three or four strands from cock pheasant’s centre tail feather; wings, from a cock starling’s secondary quill, hackle a bright ginger cockerel’s hackle.
30 Fire Tail
Hook Nos. 11, 12, 13 & 14. Tying silk pea green. Tag, gold ribbon tinsel, with a strand of scarlet Berlin wool tied in at tip and carried over to about a third of body’s length, where three or four turns of peacock sword feather strands are tied in to shoulder; hackle, a rusty or honey dun cockerel’s hackle.
31 Tupp’s Indispensable
Hook Nos. 15 & 16. Tying silk primrose yellow. Tail, strands from a guinea fowl’s neck; body, three or four turns of primrose yellow floss silk followed by a dubbing of crimson wool & grey squirrel’s fur mixed; hackle, a pale honey dun cockerels hackle.
32 Purple-bodied Smut
Hook Nos. 15 & 16. Tying silk purple. Body, the tying silk followed by two or three turns of peacock sword feather strands; hackle, a cock starling’s neck feather ( a pattern known in Yorkshire as Fog Black)
33 Willow Fly
Hook Nos. 13, 14 & 15. Tying silk pale orange. Body, stripped peacock herl from the moon feather, binding a strand of yellow Berlin wool which is exposed at the end to represent the egg sac; wings, from a waterhen’s secondary quill, rolled, split & divided horizontally; hackle, a dark blue dun cockerel’s hackle (more effective used dry – especially for grayling).
34 Pale Autumn Dun
Hook Nos. 15 & 16. Tying silk primrose yellow. Tail, strands from a guinea fowl’s neck feather; body, primrose yellow floss silk; wings, from a jay’s secondary quill; hackle, pale honey dun cockerel’s hackle.
35 August Brown
Hook Nos. 12 & 13. Tying silk pale orange. Tail, strands from a cock pheasant’s side tail feather; body, two or three strands from a cock pheasant’s centre tail feather (as light as possible in shade) twisted and ribbed with fine gold gimp, two or three turns of bronze peacock herl from the centre of the moon feather at shoulder to represent the thorax; hackles, a pale honey dun cockerel’s hackle followed by a grey partridge neck feather dyed beige.
36 Cinnamon Sedge
Hook Nos. 9 & 10. Tying silk pale orange. Body, unstripped condor quill dyed a greenish yellow, ribbed with fine gold gimp; wings, from a Rhode Island Red secondary quill; hackle, a ginger cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
37 Crane Fly
Hook Nos. 10, 11 & 12. Tying silk pale orange. Body, stripped peacock herl from the moon feather; wings, from a woodcock’s secondary quill, rolled, split & divided; hackle, a rusty dun cockerel’s hackle.
38 Bluebottle
Hook Nos. 10 & 11. Tying silk orange. Body, dark blue floss silk, ribbed with black ostrich herl; wings, from jay’s secondary quill; hackle, a black cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
39 Black Spider
Hook Nos. 11, 12, 13 & 14. Tying silk purple. Body, silver ribbon tinsel, followed by three or four turns of peacock swords feather strands, ribbed with fine silver gimp; hackle, a black cockerel’s saddle hackle (a few & long in the web).
40 Cooke’s Bogey
Hook Nos. 8 & 9. Tying silk black. Tag, silver ribbon tinsel; body, ostrich herl ribbed with oval silver gimp; wings, white hen secondary quill; hackle, a badger cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
41 Peter Ross
Hook Nos. 9, 10, 11 & 12. Tying silk crimson. Tail, strands of golden pheasant breast feather; tag, gold ribbon tinsel; body silver ribbon tinsel followed by scarlet Berlin wool ribbed with fine silver gimp; wings, from a teal drake’s flank feather; hackle, a black cockerel’s hackle (in front of the wings).
42 Dovey Bumble
Hook Nos. 7, 8, 9 & 10. Tying silk purple. Tag, silver ribbon tinsel; body, peacock herl from the moon feather, ribbed with oval silver gimp & a light grizzled cockerel’s hackle dyed a pale smoky blue; hackle, at head, a dark grizzled cockerel’s hackle.
43 Freckles
Hook Nos. 7, 8, 9 & 10. Tying silk pale orange. Tag, gold ribbon tinsel; tail strands from the breast feather of an Egyptian goose; body, grey squirrel and hare’s ear fur equally mixed, ribbed with silver ribbon tinsel, the fur picked out at shoulder; wings, strips from an Egyptian goose breast feather, laid Spey wing style horizontally over body; hackle, a grey partridge breast feather dyed café-au-lait (in front of wing).
44 Blae & Silver
Hook Nos. 7, 8, 9 & 10. Tying silk purple. Tag, gold ribbon tinsel; tail, golden pheasant topping; body, silver ribbon tinsel; hackle, a white cockerel’s hackle dyed pale sky blue; wings, from jay’s secondary quill.
45 Butcher
Hook Nos. 9, 10, 11 & 12. Tying silk purple. Tag, gold ribbon tinsel; tail, strands of scarlet ibis secondary quill; body, silver ribbon tinsel; hackle a black cockerel’s hackle; wings, from a mallard drake’s secondary quill (excluding the white tipped portion).
46 Silver, Black & Mallard
Hook Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11. Tying silk black. Tag, gold ribbon tinsel; tail strands from a golden pheasant’s breast feather; body, silver ribbon tinsel; wings, brown mallard scapular feather; hackle, a black cockerel’s hackle.
47 Watson’s Fancy
Hook Nos. 7, 8, 9 & 10. Tying silk purple. Tag, gold ribbon tinsel; tail strands from a golden pheasant’s breast feather; body scarlet Berlin wool (one third) followed by black Berlin wool, ribbed with gold oval gimp; hackle, a furnace cockerel’s hackle; wings, from a jackdaw’s secondary quill; cheeks, jungle cock.
48 Green & Gold
Hook Nos. 7, 8, 9 & 10. Tying silk purple. Tag, gold ribbon tinsel; tail, strands from a golden pheasant’s breast feather; hackle a white cockerel’s hackle dyed apple green; wings, from a cinnamon turkey’s breast feathers.