I have been playing around with tying bass lake flies, these are from the book Forgotten Flies.
The New Lake
Tag: flat silver tinsel
Tail: mallard and scarlet (I substituted with red goose shoulder)
Body: flat silver tinsel
Rib: silver wire and palmered red hackle
Wing: golden pheasant tail
Shoulder: red feather
Hackle: scarlet (I substituted with red schlappen)
Head: red wool
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The Tomah-Jo
Tag: fine oval silver tinsel
Tail: yellow goose
Butt: peacock herl
Body: large oval silver tinsel
Wing: barred woodduck, matched pair
Hackle: red and yellow schlappen
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These were fun to tie, I hope to post more patterns every week
Alberto