Lowlander Manuka Beetle
| Hook: | Kamasan B160 #16 |
| Thread: | Benecchi 12/0, black |
| Body: | Dubbing brush, artificial peacock |
| Shellback/head: | Closed cell foam, dark green |
| Dorsal line/divider: | Dubbing brush, artificial peacock |
I caught my first steelie with something like this: tiny and bright wet fly, swinged just beneath the surface! Call H.Weilenmann for recipe …
… and something more beside 
Depth Charge (red)
RECIPE:
Hook: Partridge BMN (Big Mouth Nymph) #16
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, grey
Hackle: Hazel grouse wing covert, sparse
Abdomen: Polar Flash, red, wrapped flat
Rib: Polar Flash, red, corded
Thorax: Hazel grouse philoplume, from base of hackle feather
Drowned Turkey
Drowned Turkey
RECIPE:
Hook: Kamasan B175 #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Rib: Polar Flash, gold, graduated
Body: Turkey barbs, black
Wing: Turkey slip, black, folded
Veiling: Llama mix, olive – very sparse
Head: Ostrich, black, twisted around tying thread
Bloody Snail
Bloody Snail
RECIPE
Hook: Tiemco 102Y #15
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Hackle: Starling
Body: Narrow red plastic ribbon taken from a tomato bag, and a single strand
of ostrich herl, dyed black, twisted into cord
Flashy Pupa!
Flashy Pupa
Recipe:
Hook: Grip 14723BL #12 (or Tiemco 206BL)
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, grey
Abdomen: Polar Flash, clear, and mink underfur, light dun, in split thread,
twisted together
Wing case: Black gouse hen feather strip (or any other mottled brown feather)
Thorax: Argentinean hare, dark grey
Sides: Polar Flash, clear (continuation of the abdomen strips)
Bloody Nora!
Wet fly or small streamer – seems deadly, whatever it takes!
RECIPE:
Hook: Partridge YK4A #12
Thread: Danville 6/0, scarlet
Tail: Ultra-fine polypropylene yarn, scarlet – short
Abdomen: Tying thread
Wing case: Ultra-fine polypropylene yarn, scarlet
Thorax: Whiting Brahma hen saddle feather, mottled; ultra-fine polypropylene yarn, scarlet, short section in split thread – twisted together
Skinny Tippet
This one gona be my favorite wet fly, just feel it!
RECIPE:
Skinny Tippet
Hook: Tiemco 102Y #15
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Collar: Fluey barbs, grey
Wing: Golden pheasant tippet barbs, dyed hot orange – sparse
Body: Ultra-fine polypropylene yarn, yellow
Llama Minnow
RECIPE:
Llama Minnow
Hook: Partridge double #10
Thread: Danville Flymaster 6/0, red
Tail: Pine squirrel guard hair, light olive; llama mix, olive, sparse
Abdomen: Tying thread
Thorax: Argentinean hair, light olive
Underwing: Llama mix, pink
Wing: Llama mix, olive
Eyes: 3-D stick on eyes, epoxied in place
