The Pattern List

Don't be misled. Even if you think that you see an old favorite on the page that you already know and have, you don't. Every fly has been modified to the point where it should really have another name, but we always wish to acknowledge the efforts of the original creator, so no matter how much we've modified it, we attempt leaving their thunder intact.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements............................................................................................................. 4

Foreword ............................................................................................................................. 5

Introduction........................................................................................................................ 6

Fly Pattern Junkies.............................................................................................................. 8

Don’t be shy….................................................................................................................. 10

Seasonal Starting............................................................................................................... 11

Patterns............................................................................................................................ 11

Some Useful Tying Tips.................................................................................................... 18

The Patterns ...................................................................................................................... 23

Beaver Leech .................................................................................................................... 24

Beaver and Tan.................................................................................................................. 26

Black and Silver................................................................................................................ 28

Black Death....................................................................................................................... 30

Canadian Blood Leech...................................................................................................... 33

Bloody Butcher ................................................................................................................. 35

Bob’s Backswimmer ......................................................................................................... 37

Bob’s Black Gnat .............................................................................................................. 39

Bob’s Lake Dragon ........................................................................................................... 41

Bob’s Northern Cased Caddis........................................................................................... 44

Callibaetis Emerger .......................................................................................................... 46

Canadian Brown Mohair Leech ........................................................................................ 48

Chicano ............................................................................................................................. 50

Copper Coachman............................................................................................................. 52

Crystal Bigg’s Fly ............................................................................................................. 54

Crystal Boatman................................................................................................................ 56

Crystal Caddis................................................................................................................... 58

Crystal Damsel.................................................................................................................. 60

Crystal Minnow ................................................................................................................ 62  

Crystal P-Quad ...................................................................................................................65

Crystal Spratley................................................................................................................. 67

Darting Damsel ................................................................................................................. 69

Deep Misery...................................................................................................................... 71

Diefenbaker Special .......................................................................................................... 73

Harder Scud ...................................................................................................................... 75

Little Brown Guy .............................................................................................................. 77

Manitoba Misery............................................................................................................... 79

Mark’s Minnow................................................................................................................. 81

Midnight Fire .................................................................................................................... 83

Mite Bee............................................................................................................................ 85

M.U.D. Caddis .................................................................................................................. 87

Neon P-Quad..................................................................................................................... 89

Olive Flash Scud ............................................................................................................... 91

Olive Marabou Muddler ................................................................................................... 94

Pheasant Tail Crayfish....................................................................................................... 96

P-Quad .............................................................................................................................. 99

Phantom of the Lake ....................................................................................................... 101

Prince of Darkness ...........................................................................................................103

Psychedelic P-Quad .........................................................................................................106

MacSheedy Bloodworm ...................................................................................................109

Scud Missile  ......................................................................................................................112

Shamu Scud .........................................................................................................................114

Spear Lake Renegade  ........................................................................................................116

Squirrel P-Quad  ................................................................................................................. 118

S.W. Floating Snail  ..........................................................................................................  120

The Smooth  ....................................................................................................................... 124

Tokaryk Special .................................................................................................................. 126

Tokaryk Brown .................................................................................................................... 128

Tom Thumb ...........................................................................................................................130

Velva Beetle .......................................................................................................................... 132

On becoming an Iconoclast ...........................................................................................      134

Why? .................................................................................................................................     143

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