Fly Tying: Damsel Fly

 Name: Damsel Fly

Hook: Daiichi 1720, 3XL Nymph - Size 10

Head: Gold Hareline Cyclops Bead Eyes - 5/32

Thread: 6/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Camel

Lead Wire: 0.015 dia, 6 wraps

Ribbing: Soft Wire - small / silver

Abdomen: Hareline Maribou Blood Quills Gold Olive / Acrylic Dubbing

Tail: Hareline Maribou Blood Quills Gold Olive

Thorax: Hareline Maribou Blood Quills Gold Olive / Acrylic Dubbing

Fly Tying: Deer Hair Nymph

 Name: Deer Hair Nymph

Hook: Daiichi 1720, 3XL Nymph - Size 10

Head: Gold Hareline Cyclops Bead Eyes - 5/32

Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Camel

Ribbing: Soft Wire - small / gold

Abdomen: Arizona Simi Seal Dubbing; Canadian Brown

Tail: Deer Hair

Hackle: Strung Rooster Saddles, Natural Brown

Thorax: Arizona Simi Seal Dubbing; Canadian Brown

Legs: Hareline Barred Crazy Legs Golden Yellow/Pearl Flake

Fly Tying: Rio-Getter

 Name: Rio-Getter

Hook: Daiichi 3XL Nymph - Size 12

Eyes: Black Bead Chain

Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Black

Wire: Lead free wire

Ribbing: Gold wire - small

Abdomen: Acrylic yarn - Olive

Tail: Grizzly Maribou

Wing: Grizzly Maribou

Legs: Hareline Barred Crazy Legs / Olive-Green Flake

Fly Tying: Woolly Bugger

 Name: Woolly Bugger

Hook: Kona KF-TS4 - #2

Antennae:

Head: Fish-Skull Bandito Baitfish

Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Black

Ribbing: Gold ribbing - Small

Abdomen: Chenille - Black; Hackle Feathers

Tail: Black Hackle Feather

Fly Tying: HucklePuff Midge Nymph

 Name: HucklePuff Midge Nymph

Hook: Daiichi 3XL Nymph - Size 12

Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Black

Ribbing: Gold Small

Abdomen: Husky Hair (Huck, Jeff & Erin's Husky)

Fly tying: Evolution Stonefly Prince Nymph

 Name: Evolution Stonefly Prince Nymph

Hook: Kona Terrestrial Numph Dry Hook - size 10

Antennae: Goose Biots - Brown

Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Camel

Head: Nymph Head Evolution Stonefly Tungsten Beadhead

Wire: Lead free wire

Ribbing: Soft Wire - small / gold

Tail: Goose Biots - Brown

Abdomen : Peacock Herl strand (3)

Thorax: Hareline Hare n' Icee Dubbing

Wing Case: Goose Biots - White

Comments: Things are getting easier!  This one was fun trying new things and such a cool looking creature!

Slight variation.... No Peacock Herl for abdomen.. used all Dubbing

Fly tying: Fish Skull River Creature

 Name: Fish Skull River Creature

Hook: Kona size 1

Head: Fish skull Baitfish head w/ Fish Skull living eyes

Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Camel

Wire: N/A

Ribbing: Estaz Chenille (various colors)

Dubbing: N/A

Tail: Silicon Tentacle Legs (Mottled Chartruese, Brown, Black)

Wing Case: N/A

Thorax: N/A

Comments: Very easy to do. Still learning to apply tension to thread.. broke it a few times.. getting better.

Caught these fish on this fly:

Hybrid Bass, 02/02/2024

First tied Fly: Evolution Mayfly Clinger Nymph

 Name: Evolution Mayfly Clinger Nymph

Here's what it should look like:

Hook: Kona Nymph Streamer 2XL (NS2), size 12

Head: Nymph Head Evolution Mayfly Clinger & Crawler Tungsten

Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed Midge - Camel

Wire: Lead free wire

Ribbing:  Soft Wire - small / gold

Dubbing: Hareline Hare n Ice Dubbing, Natural Color

Tail: Pheasant Tail

Wing Case: Pheasant Tail

Thorax: Hareline Hare n Ice Dubbing, Natural Color

Comments:

My first fly that I tied!

I kept breaking the thread and had to adjust the bobbin holder to prevent breaking. 

The tail is too short on the fly, something to work on the next one. 

Watching Youtube videos on fly tying sure do make it look easy! More practice is needed!