The Ghost Moth Pattern.

The Ghost Moth Pattern.

   
     This is one of my most recent fly pattern and it's called the Ghost Moth. I got the idea from looking at  photos on Google image about a rare moth specie. Even though it might not be on the list of insects in a trouts regular diet, but it does resemble an emerging caddis or some other dull colour insects stuck on the surface film. This pattern consist of only a few materials and is pretty simple to tie. This fly sit really nice and flat on the water surface and it floats very well because of the deer hair wings and I also try a new technique tying in the hackle fibres behind the thorax and coming out from the sides, which I think will give the fly more support on the water surface and should float much better. The hackle fibres is also use later on as the thorax cover and thus eliminating the  need to use scud back or extra materials for that particular purpose. I will list all the materials for this fly pattern below for any fly tiers who wish to try it out. Remember that all the materials on this fly pattern can be replaced with other materials to create a new and different fly pattern. I really hope this fly pattern can become one of those go to fly that a fisherman can depend on when times are tough on the rivers or lakes and hope that it will catch them the big ones.   Thanks!

   The Ghost Moth materials.

Hook- Mustad C53S Long & Curved Size #10 to #16.( Sub- Scud Hook )
Wings- Natural Deer Hair. ( Sub- Hackle Fibres )
Body- Mixed Dubbing. Rabbit & Synthetics Materials.
Legs Or Tactile Setae- Long Badger Hackle Fibres. (1*)
Thorax- Rabbit & Chocolate Ice Dub.
Thorax Cover- Back Ends Of Badger Hackle Fibres. (2*)
Antennae- Micro-Fibbets.
Wing Buds Bubble- UV Resin & Coats With Head Cement. ( Bug Bond, Knot Sense, CCG )
Thread- Uni 6/0 Or 8/0 White.

New Fly Patterns.(Deer-Hackle-Biot).

The D & F Special. ( Deer & Feather )

The H-B Special. ( Hackle & Biot )

     This fly pattern is called the Deer & Feather Special. The original idea came from looking at images of float plane sitting on the water surface and to create a fishing fly that floats in a similar way. The deer hair & hackle fibres is the perfect combination to float this style of fly. I also try tying another fly using this similar method, But using only  hackle fibres in place of deer hair and it's called the H-B Special (Hackle & Biot). The 2 fly is almost exactly the same, only the wings & body material colour is different and one with deer hair, and one without. I tested both finished fly in a tank of water without adding any fly floatant and obviously the one with the deer hair float much longer than the one without, But after adding fly floatant to the H-B Special, it perform just as well. There's also a third pattern and is called the D & B Emerger ( Deer & Biot ). Same method but tied on a scud hook, it look sort of like a caddis emerger. I really believe these new fly patterns will fool some of the trout or even other game fish into taking the fly as an easy meal. but I still haven't had the chance to try them out. I will list all the materials for these patterns below for any one who would like to try it out on their rivers or lakes and hope that it will catch them the big ones.! Thanks.

 (1). The D & F Special.
Hook- Dry Size #12 To #18
Tails- Hackle & Pheasant tail Fibres. 
Body- Rabbit Or Muskrat. ( Sub- Antron )
Wings- Hackle Tips.
Thorax- Mixed Rabbit & Chocolate ice dub.
Thorax Cover- 1.mm Fly Foam Or Scud Back. (Coats With 1 or 2 Layer of Head Cement-Optional).
Legs Or Floaters- Natural Deer Hair.( Sub- Other Colours ).
Thread- Uni 6/0 Or 8/0


  (2). The H-B Special.
Hook- Dry Size #12 To #18
Tails- Stiff Neck Furnace Hackle Fibres.
Body- Mixed Peacock Diamond Dub & Antron.
Wings- Goose Or Duck Biots.
Thorax- Mixed Peacock Diamond Dub & Rabbit.
Thorax Cover- 1.mm Fly Foam Or Scud Back. (Coats With 1 or 2 Layers of Head Cement-Optional).
Legs Or Floaters- Furnace Hackle Fibres.( Sub- Other Colours ).
Thread- Uni 6/0 Or 8/0

The D & B Emerger.( Deer & Biot )

  (3). The D & B Emerger.
Hook- Light Scud Size #12 To #18
Body- Peacock Diamond Dub.
Rib- Holo-Graphic Flash.
Wings- Goose Biot & Chartreuse Mallard.
Thorax- Yellow & Rusty Brown Ice Dub.
Thorax Cover- 1.mm Fly Foam.(coat with Head Cement-Optional).
Legs Or Floaters- Deer Hair.
Thread- Uni 6/0 Or 8/0.

My recent fly patterns.

My RS2 Variant Pattern.

    These are some of my new fly fly patterns that I came up with recently, well maybe new to me at least. The first one is my RS2  variant pattern using white goose or duck biot as wing buds instead of antron, I think it gives the fly a more realistic appeal and a different look to a otherwise famous fly pattern. For the tail I used micro fibbets, I also wanted to use natural material, but I don't have any feathers that are long & stiff enough for the job. The body is dubbed with a personal mixture of hare mask & squirrel tail dubbing. And for the thorax cover or wing case material, I used a odd material that I found inside a power pro braid fishing line box, they're like small strip of sticky foam use for holding fishing line. But any regular fly tying foam or scud back will do the job. The tying thread is grey 8/0 & size #14 Mustad dry fly hook.!

My Deer Belly Trico Pattern.

   The second fly is my deer hair trico & it's very simple to tie, But the small hook size could be a problem sometimes. It's tied on a size #22 Mustad R30 dry fly hook. The whole fly only uses 2 or 3 materials including the tying thread, which I use for the body & the thorax area. For the tail I used micro fibbets, but many natural material can be use as well, like long neck hackle fibres, pheasant tail, moose mane etc, can also be a good substitute. And for the wings I used white deer belly hair, tied on like a compara dun style and  split apart with some figure 8 thread wraps. Many other materials like regular deer, elk, snow shoe rabbit or even synthetic materials like polypropylene are a good floating wing material as well. The last thing left to do is to build a small head, whip finish and add a drop or two of head cement and the fly is done. Pretty simple right.!

My Sow Bug Pattern. 

 
   The third fly is my foam back sow bug variant pattern. This fly is a little bit more complicated than the ones before, because of the extra materials being used, and most of them had to be tied in by the hook bend in order. The materials that had to be tied in are as follow, 1- a small thin strip of white foam. 2- a short piece of thin mono for ribbing. 3- a piece or 2 of olive ostrich herl. After they're all tied on to the hook bend, Bring tying thread back to hook eye area. The first to come up the hook is the olive ostrich herl, to about the thorax area maybe 3 or 4 mm behind the hook eye and tied in. Next up is the piece of foam, tied in same area as ostrich herl, Don't cut off the extra foam it's needed later as the wing case. The last material is the mono ribbing, do about 5 or 6 segments and tied in the same area as everything else. For the legs material I used 6 or 8 lemon duck fibres, but can be sub with mallard, partridge, mottle hen etc. Tie them in beneath the thorax area and leave a little bit of the back end sticking out toward the hook eye a bit. I dub the thorax with a mixture of muskrat and just a few strands of diamond dub peacock over the leg material. Now bend the back ends of the legs fibres and bring foam over thorax dubbing and tie off. Whip finish the fly. Use a light brown marker and lightly mottle the foam, don't color completely. Use a black marker to make 2 dots for eyes. The final thing is to make the bug glossy, put a thin layer or 2 of head cement over the foam back and the eyes, It'll bring the color and the eyes to life and the fly is complete. Don't forget to experiment and most of all Have Fun doing it.! Cheers.