Today’s Tying Tuesday includes 3 really various patterns and connecting designs. We kick things off with a buggy pattern from English tier Barry Ord Clarke, and it seems an extremely flexible pattern, able to mimic both mayfly and caddisfly emergers. The tri-tone, segmented body and deer-hair collar are especially cool. Next is an easy-to-tie, slinkier variation of a traditional Egg-Sucking Leech from Greenhorn Flyhorn. The Zonker-strip tail must offer great deals of action in the water, and anything with an egg works well in spring. Lastly, Matt O’Neal of Savage Flies dishes out a cool, old-timey pattern developed for landlocked salmon. It’s a beautiful fly that’s remarkably simple to connect.
Tactical Emerger
Hook: 1X-short suppressed caddis hook (here a Mustad Heritage C49), size 14
Thread: Olive, 14/0 or 50-denier.
Tracking shuck: White or cream Z-Lon.
Underbody: Connecting thread.
Abdominal Area: White black, and brown moose-mane hairs.
Wing: Deer hair, cleaned up and stacked.
Overwing: Natural CDC.
Adhesive # 1: Thread wax.
Collar: Deer hair, in a calling loop.
Adhesive # 2: Thread wax.
Tools: Razor blade, hackle clip, calling needle.
Zonker Egg-Sucking Leech
Hook: 5X-long banner hook (here a Mustad R75AP), sizes 2-0.
Thread: Black, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Tail/back: Zonker strip, color of option.
Body: Black UV Ice Dub.
Head: Clown McFly Foam.
Tomah Jo
Hook: Basic salmon hook, sizes 4-10.
Thread: Black, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Tail: Yellow duck slip.
Butt: Peacock herl.
Body: Silver mylar tinsel, big.
Throat: Red and yellow saddle-hackle fibers.
Wing: Disallowed wood-duck slips.
Head: Connecting thread.
Adhesive: Head cement or UV-cure resin.
