SMOKY MOUNTAIN TROUT FLY PATTERNS

THE YALLERHAMMER (Classic Wet Fly Pattern)

Hook: Mustad 3906 # 8-14
Thread: Black
Hackle: Split wing feather of Yellow Shafted Woodpecker (Flicker) palmered from back to front
Body: Peacock Herl


THE YALLERHAMMER (Modern Wet Fly Pattern)

Hook: Mustad 3906 #8-14
Thread: Black
Hackle: Yellow dyed grizzly palmered from back to front
Body: Peacock Herl


THE YALLERHAMMER (Modern Wet Fly Pattern #2)

Hook: Mustad 3906 #8-14
Thread: Black
Tail: Mixed yellow and black hackle fibres, hook gap in length
Hackle: Yellow dyed grizzly palmered from back to front
Body: Peacock Herl


THE YALLERHAMMER (Modern Dry Fly Pattern)

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12-18
Thread: Black
Tail: Mixed yellow and black hackle fibres, 1 1/2 times hook gap in length
Body: Peacock Herl
Hackle: Yellow dyed grizzly tied in classic dry fly style


THE YALLERHAMMER (Modern Dry Fly Pattern #2)

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12-18
Thread: Black
Wing: Mixed yellow and black hackle fibres, upright and divided
Tail: Black hackle fibres, 1 1/2 times hook gap in length
Body: Peacock Herl
Hackle: 1 yellow dyed grizzly, 1 black tied in classic dry fly style


THE THUNDERHEAD (Dry Fly)

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12-18
Thread: Grey or black
Wing: White Calf tail, upright and divided
Tail: Brown & grizzly hackle fibres, mixed
Body: Muskrat (or Possum)
Hackle: Brown and grizzly mixed


BROWN HACKLE (Ramsey)(Dry Fly)

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12-18
Thread: Black
Wing: None
Tail: 1 golden pheasant tippet
Tag: Fine flat gold tinsel or mylar
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: Brown


GREY HACKLE YELLOW (Dry Fly)

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12-18
Thread: Black
Wing: None
Tail: Red hackle fibres
Rib: Fine flat gold tinsel or mylar
Body: Dyed yellow dubbing fur
Hackle: Grizzly


NEAR NUFF (Dry Fly)

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12-18
Thread: Grey
Wing: Lemon wood duck flank fibres, upright and divided
Tail: 2 stripped grizzly hackle stems tied in as a forked tail, extra long(twice shank length)
Body: Stripped peacock herl
Hackle: Golden ginger and grizzly mixed


BROWN HACKLE PEACOCK (Wet)

Hook: Mustad 3906 #10-14
Thread: Brown
Tail: Soft brown hackle, shank length
Tag: Gold mylar
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: 2 turns soft brown hackle tied collar style


BLACKBURN TELLICO (Nymph)

Hook: Mustad 9671 (2X Nymph) #6-12
Thread: Brown
Tail: Brown hackle fibres 2/3 shank length
Wing Case: Turkey wing strip, full length top of body Rib: 2-3 peacock herls spiraled full length (under wing case)
Body: Dirty golden yellow dubbing (hare's ear plus golden) Hackle: Brown hackle palmered on forward 1/3 of body(under wing case)


GEORGE NYMPH (Cottontop Nymph)

Hook: Mustad 94840 (dry fly) #8-12
Thread: Black
Tail: Brown hackle fibres
Wing Case: Turkey wing strip, full length top of body
Body: Peacock herl
Hump: White fur or acrylic, tied in on top as hump after turkey wing back is secured and before throat is tied in; after the throat is tied in and trimmed then white hump is pulled forward tied off and trimmed before whip finish
Throat: Brown hackle tied collar style and trimmed on top


STREAKER NYMPH (Nymph)

Hook: Mustad 9671 (2X Nymph) or Mustad 9672 (3X Nymph) #6-12
Thread: Black
Tail: Brown hackle fibres (short) or none
Wing Case: Turkey wing strip full length top of body (thin)
Rib: 1-2 peacock herls spiraled full length (under wing case)
Body: Tan or light brown mixed w/golden dubbing applied thin
Hackle:Short brown hackle fibres tied in as a throat

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PATTERNS FOR EAST TENNESSEE

These are a group of patterns that I have found useful in East Tennessee.

ELK HAIR CADDIS
This is one of Al Troth's original patterns.

Hook: Mustad 94840 or Tiemco 100 (#10-20)
Thread: Tan or Brown
Palmer Rib: Brown Hackle palmered through body
Body: Hare's Ear & Mask Dubbing Fur(or other desired color of dubbing)
Wing: Tan Elk Hair Fibres
Head: Trimmed Butts of Elk Hair Wing

NO HACKLE CADDIS (Olive Version)
The simplest and often most versatile of all.

Hook: Mustad 94840 or Tiemco 100 (#10-22)
Thread: Olive
Body: Olive Dubbing
Wing: Tan Coastal Deer Hair or Grey Poly Yarn
Note: This pattern is effective in a very wide variety of colors including grey, green, tan, black, brown and even yellow and orange.

THE BRASSIE
Hook: Tiemco 2487 Scud #16-20
Thread: Black, Brown, Olive or Tan
Ribbing: Small Copper Wire
Thorax: Hare's Ear Dubbing

THE CLINCH RIVER MIDGE
Hook: Mustad 9671 or equivalent (Nymph hook) #18-22
or Tiemco 2487 (Scud hook) #16-20
Thread: Black
Ribbing: Fine Silver Wire
Thorax: Hare's Ear Dubbing
Wing Case: Two strands of Rainbow Krystal Flash

THE BEAD HEAD PHEASANT TAIL
Hook: Tiemco 2487 or equivalent, #12-20
Bead: Copper Bead in size appropriate to hook size
Thread: Black
Ribbing: Copper Wire
Tail, Abdomen, Thorax, etc: Ring Neck Pheasant Tail Fibres wrapped up the hook to the bead and then overwrapped with the ribbing

THE SOWBUG
Hook: Mustad 3906 #16 or equivalent
Thread: Black
Weight: .015 dia. heavy soft wire (lead substitute)
Antennae: 2 Natural Goose Biots
Ribbing: 5X Tippet
Back: 1/8" wide strip of scud back or clear irredescent plastic
Dubbing: Gray Hareline Dubbing or Gray-Olive Nymph Dubbing

JIM SHEA'S SULPHUR PARACHUTE
Hook: Mustad 94840 #16-18 or equiv.
Thread: Pale Yellow or Tan
Wing: Post wing of poly yarn tied in upright(white or grey)
Tail: 2 micro fibbets tied in as a split tail(orange or brown)
Body: Pale yellow to dirty orange dubbing depending upon the hatch
Hackle: 1 cream hackle wound around the post wing parachute style
Note: This can also be tied and is effective as a BWO by using olive dubbing or as a Adams using muskrat.

BWO COMPARADUN
Hook: Mustad 94840 #16-18 or equiv.
Thread: Olive
Wing: Light Coastal Deer tied as a spread Comparadun wing
Tail: 2 micro fibbets tied in as a split tail(olive or black)
Body: Dirty olive dubbing
Note: This can also be tied as a sulphur or Adams

WD40
Hook: Tiemco 2487 # 16-22
Thread: Body color of your fly: olive, brown, black, grey, etc.
Note: The thread forms the abdomen of the fly
Tail & Wing Case: Wood Duck flank fibres (the WD of the name)
Thorax: Coarse dubbing like hare's ear

SOFT HACKLE WET
Hook: Mustad 3906 #12-16
Thread: Yellow, Orange, Olive or other color
Tag: Gold Mylar
Body: Yellow, Orange, Olive or other color Floss
Ribbing: Fine gold wire
Hackle: Partridge wound collar style

THE WIGGLE NYMPH
Hook: Mustad 9671 or 2X Nymph hook (#8-12)
Thread: Olive
Tail: A few strands of olive and brown marabou
Abdomen: Butts from the tail
Ribbing: The olive tying thread
Wing Case: 4-5 strands of peacock herl
Thorax: Olive hare's ear dubbing, picked out
Eyes: Burnt monofilament

THE BELLE WATLING
Hook: Mustad 3906 or equivalent #10-14
Thread: Orange, yellow or other color
Tag: Gold Mylar
Ribbing: Fine Gold Wire wrapped in an open spiral
Body: Floss - flourescent orange, orange, yellow or other color, tapered so that it is narrower at both ends and fatter in the middle
Collar: Rainbow Krystal Flash tied in just behind head 1 1/2 times hook length.

KAUFFMAN'S SCUD
Hook: Mustad 3906B, TMC 3761 (1X Nymph) or
TMC 2487, Mustad AC80250BR (Shrimp/Scud), #12-16
Thread: Gray or Black
Weight: (Optional) Medium lead or lead substitute wire
Tail: Wood duck flank or dyed mallard
Rib: Fine silver or gold wire or mono
Shellback: Clear plastic strip cut from poly bag about 1/8" wide
Body: Coarse Gray, Olive or Olive Gray dubbing
Eyes: (Optional) Burnt mono
Legs: Pick out fur on bottom of body

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