As a few people asked, yes I do dress traditional flies as well. Here are a few random picks from my seatrout box. They will work for seatrout in rivers, and of course as traditional patterns in lakes etc.
The dressings are given below, right to left;
Practically all the flies in the photos are on size 8 hooks.
These are my dressings, and may differ somewhat from the “originals”.
From left to right;
Jungle Alexandra
Hook: 12 to 6
Tail: Red ibis, ( sub red goose or similar)
Body: Flat silver, ribbed oval silver or silver wire.
Hackle: Natural Black hen
Wing: Peacock sword fibres
Sides: Jungle cock
Freeman?s Fancy
Hook: 12 to 6
Tail: Orange toucan ( sub orange hackle fibres.
Body: Flat gold tinsel ribbed gold wire
Hackle: Bright magenta cock or hen.
Wings: Rolled bronze Mallard with jungle cock sides.
March Brown
Hook: 14 to 6
Tail: Fibres of hen pheasant tail ( or same as hackle)
Body: Well blended hare body fur ( guard hair!)
Rib: Oval gold tinsel, or wire.
Hackle: Dark brown partridge.
Wing: Hen pheasant “quill”.
No-name.
Hook: 10 to 6
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet
Body: Black seal fur, well brushed out with velcro after ribbing.
Rib: Oval silver, or wire.
Hackle: Blue guinea fowl.
Watson?s Fancy
Hook: 12 to 6
Tail: Golden pheasant crest.
Body: rear two thirds red, last third black seal fur.
Rib: Oval silver or wire.
Hackle: Natural black hen.
Wings: Crow with jungle cock sides. ( Original = Tail from Blackcock).
Claret Bumble
Hook: 8
Tail: Red swan ( original had no tail).
Body: Medium claret seal fur
Body hackles: medium claret cock, and natural blck cock wound together.
Rib: gold or silver wire ( Original had no rib)
Shoulder hackle: Blue jay
Butcher
Hook: 8
Tail: Red ibis, ( sub goose or swan or red hackle fibres)
Body: Flat silver ribbed oval silver or wire.
Hackle: Natural black hen.
Wings: Mallard blues, jungle cock sides
Bruiser
Hook: 8
Tail: A bunch of flax blue wool.
Body: Gentian blue wool.
Body hackles: Gentian blue cock, and natural black cock.
Rib. silver wire.
Greenwell?s Glory
Hook: 8
Tail: Tippets
Body: Well waxed bright yellow floss ( turns olive!)
Rib: Oval or round gold.
Hackle: Greenwell hen.
Wings. Grey mallard primary slips.
No-name
Hook: 8
Tail: Tippets
Body: Flat gold ribbed oval or wire.
Hackle: Natural black hen.
Wings: Rolled bronze mallard, jungle cock sides.
No-name
Hook: 8
Body: Black cat fur ( Sub seal etc)
Rib: Oval silver or wire
Hackle: Natural black hen.
No-name
Hook: 8
Tail: Cock ring-neck pheasant center tail fibres.
Body: First half flat gold, second half medium olive seal
Rib: Oval gold or wire.
Hackle: Brown hen
Wings: Hen pheasant primary slips.
Wickham?s Fancy
Hook: 8
Tail: Brown hackle fibres
Body: Flat gold tinsel or lurex
Body Hackle: Brown henny cock (= Soft cock hackle)
Rib: Oval gold or wire.
Wings: Grey mallard primary slips.
Mallard and Claret
Hook: 8
Body: Claret seal fur. ( Mix three clarets!)
Rib: Oval gold or wire
Hackle: Natural black hen.
Wings: Bronze mallard.
Green Peter
Hook: 8
Body: Medium olive and yellow seal fur well mixed
Body hackle: Brown cock
Rib: Gold oval or wire
Wings: Hen pheasant primary slips
Front hackle: Brown hen
Teal Blue and Silver
Hook: 8
Tail; Tippets
Body: Flat silver ribbed oval silver, or wire.
Hackle: Cambridge blue hen hackle. ( The fly in the picture is washed out to a very light blue).
Wings: Teal
No-name
Hook: 8
Tail: Tippets
Body: Black silk
Hackle: natural black hen.
Wing: Black Arctic fox, jungle cock sides.
Coachman
Hook: 8
Tail: Brown hackle fibres.
Body: Bronze peacock herl ( Not twisted!)
Rib. Oval gold.
Hackle: Brown hen.
Wings. White duck secondary, with jungle cock “between” the wings.
No-name
Tail: Red hackle fibers
Body: Red seal fur
Body hackle: Brown cock.
Rib. Oval gold or wire.
Front hackle: Brown partridge
No-Name
Hook: 8
Tail: Orange hackle fibres.
Body: yellow seal fur
Body hackle: Brown cock.
Rib: Oval gold.
Wing: Bronze mallard bunch wing.
Front hackle. Blue jay small.
No-name
Hook: 8
Tail: Cock pheasant centre tail fibres.
Body: Cream seal fur, tight.
Rib: Oval silver.
Hackle 1 French partridge dyed olive
Hackle 2 Orange cock.
No name
Hook: 8
Tail: Tippets
Body: Claret seal fur, well brushed out after ribbing.
Rib: Oval gold
Hackle: Black hen
Wing. Soft brown barred squirrel from base of red squirrel tail.
No-name
Hook: 8
Tail Tippets
Body: first half flat gold, second half black seal fur.
Rib: Oval gold
Hackle: Black hen
Wing. Folded bronze mallard, with jungle cock sides.
No-name
Hook: 8
Tail: Fluo yellow floss
Body: Flat silver
Body hackle: Dark magenta.
Rib: Oval silver or wire.
Wings: Peacock herl tips, jungle cock sides.
Head: Red varnish.
Freeman?s Fancy ( see above )
No-name
Hook:8
Tail: Scarlet hackle fibres
Body: Dark claret seal fur.
Body hackle: Fiery brown cock.
Rib: Oval gold.
Front hackle: Light olive hen.
Peter Ross
Hook: 8
Tail: Tippets
Body: first half flat silver, second half scarlet seal fur, brushed out after ribbing.
Rib. Oval silver or wire
Hackle: Black hen.
Wing: Teal.
No-Name ( basically a red palmer)
Hook: 8
Tail: fluorescent red wool
Body: Red seal fur
Body hackle: red/Brown cock.
Front hackle: Red/brown hen.
Blue Zulu
Hook: 8
Tail: Fluorescent red wool.
Body: Black wool, tight.
Body hackle: Black cock
Rib: Oval silver
Front hackle. Bright Cambridge blue cock. ( Hackle in picture is badly faded)
No-name
Hook: 8
Tail: Tippets
Body: First third flat silver, second two thirds black seal fur.
Rib: Oval silver.
Hackle: natural black hen.
TL
MC
, aquabone.
