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Fuchsia & Blue Mayfly







Adventures in dyeing; aiming for magenta but came up a bit short. The Rit Fuchsia was very intense; need to work on concentration and time in dye bath and maybe add a bit of violet (or scarlet?).


hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 wine
tag - Danville Depth Ray fire orange
tail - bleached pheasant tail dyed scarlet
rib - oval tinsel silver
body - dubbing claret/magenta/Ice Dub purple
body hackle - hen grizzly dyed silver doctor blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
shoulder hackle - chukar partridge dyed fuchsia (1 Tsp Rit Fuchsia/1 cup water - 1 minute)

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Yellow Octopus







Taking a jaundiced view; the Krystal Flash is optional but adds a nice bit of sparkle.


hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 yellow
tail - yarn fluoro yellow
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing yellow
body hackle - dyed sunburst (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
underwing - Krystal Flash yellow
shoulder hackle - golden pheasant yellow rump

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Spundun Stimi



Playing around with dapping flies and found this one on a U.K. forum; kind of an untrimmed Spundun in a perpendicular orientation. Still looking for the proper WOIGO; added a bit more tan to the Rit Old Gold formula and came up a little too dark but it provided a neat shade that might work here as a western March Brown (not that the fish are going to be that particular about it anyway) in a smaller hook.


hook - Dai Riki 300 #10
thread - UTC 140 brown
tail - deer hair dyed golden olive (2 1/2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 3/4 Tsp Rit Tan/4 cups water)
rib -x-small wire gold
body - dubbing ginger
body hackle - grizzly dyed golden olive
hackle - deer hair dyed golden olive


mash barb, start thread and leave it 1 eye width back from the eye




clean, stack, measure (hook length) a clump of deer hair




trim to length, take 2 soft loops, tighten, spin, trim butts and wrap to bend










clean, stack, measure (shank length) a smaller clump of deer hair; tie in






tie in rib, wrap to bend




dub thread/dub body to wing






tie in hackle; palmer rearwards to bend






capture tip with rib and continue thru hackle; helicopter end, cover with thread, trim hackle tip




push hair back evenly around shank




build up head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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McDonald's Clamber Bumble (variation)








hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 wine
tail - woodduck flank
rib - oval tinsel gold
body - dubbing claret/fiery brown
body hackle - dyed golden olive (2 1/2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 3/4 Tsp Rit Tan/4 cups water) and claret (1 Tbs Rit Wine/1 cup water)
cloak - woodduck flank
shoulder hackle - Mearns Quail (jay substitute) dyed blue (1 Tbs Rit Aquamarine, 1/8 Tsp Rit Kelly Green/1cup water)

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Golden Olive Kate Muddler







Getting closer to THAT shade; white belly hair used here because the piece of natural that I dyed was still drying.




hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange
tail - yarn gold
rib - small wire silver
body - dubbing black
body hackle - hen black
shoulder hackle - golden pheasant yellow rump
head - deer hair dyed golden olive (2 1/2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 3/4 Tsp Rit Tan/4 cups water)

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Claret Bumble Muddler







Longer body hackle than the Kate for a shaggier appearance.


hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - UTC 140 black
tail - golden pheasant tippets over yarn hot orange
rib - oval tinsel gold
body - dubbing claret
body hackle - claret/black
shoulder hackle - claret
head - deer hair dyed blue (1 Tbs Rit Aquamarine, 1/8 Tsp Rit Kelly Green/1cup water)

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Silver Invicta Muddler









hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - UTC 140 black
tail - golden pheasant crest
rib - small wire silver
body - tinsel silver
body hackle - grizzly dyed golden brown (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 3/4 Tsp Rit Camel/4 cups water)
shoulder hackle - hen grizzly dyed Silver Doctor blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
head - deer hair

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Clan Goat Bumble







Found this version in an article in Trout & Salmon. Too lazy to dye up some mearns quail for the shoulders (or at least some pliant guinea) so I went with craft store stock; red's a bit off from the body hackle (doubt that it will matter to the fish).


hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tag - Danville Depth Ray fire orange
tail - golden pheasant crest
rib - tinsel silver
body - dubbing black
body hackle - scarlet (3Tsp Rit Scarlet, 2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)/black
1st shoulder hackle - guinea red
2nd shoulder hackle - guinea blue

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Storm Crow Mayfly







Need to find some decent black deer hair for Stan Headley's muddler version. The hackle came out of the dye bath a bit more purple than I was looking for; weird, because I've had pretty good luck with that color. Cape was off-white so maybe that's why?


hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - bleached pheasant tail dyed scarlet (3Tsp Rit Scarlet, 2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
rib - small wire silver
body - dubbing black
body hackle - dyed claret (1 Tbs Rit Wine/1 cup water) and black
shoulder hackle - chukar partridge

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Storm Crow Muddler








hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - bleached pheasant tail dyed scarlet (3Tsp Rit Scarlet, 2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
rib - small wire silver
body - dubbing black
body hackle - dyed claret (1 Tbs Rit Wine/1 cup water) and black
shoulder hackle - chukar partridge
head - deer hair black

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Denson's Buggered Soldier Muddler








hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 red
tag - Danville Depth Ray fire orange
rib - oval tinsel gold
body - dubbing ginger/fiery brown/red
body hackle - grizzly dyed ginger (Mimosa - 4 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/s Tsp Rit Camel/4 cups water)
shoulder hackle - golden pheasant red rump
head - deer hair

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Scrubby Mayfly







Playing around with a craft store find. Not quite pseudo hackle or palmer chenille; comes in some interesting colors.







hook - Dai Riki 075 #8
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - pheasant tail
body - Scrubby Sparkle Yarn marshmallow
1st shoulder hackle - hen dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
2nd shoulder hackle - chukar partridge