Common Varieties of Fly Fishing Flies

There are many varieties of fly fishing flies. The following flies are good at all seasons and at all stages of the water. 

Brown Hackle and Brown Palmer. Peacock herl body, tipped with tinsel, brown hackle.

Red Hackle and Palmer. Also called Soldier Hackle. Scarlet body, ribbed with gold tinsel; fiery brown hackle.

Black Hackle and Palmer.  Black body, ribbed with silver tinsel; or copper colored peacock herl, tipped with tinsel.  These are also tied with scarlet and yellow bodies. 

Gray Hackle and Palmer.  Ash gray body, ribbed with tinsel; gray dominick or ash hackle.  When the latter it is often called "Ashey, Ashey."

Coachman.  Body, peacock herl, tipped with tinsel;  brown hackle, whitw wings.  A good evening fly, or on a dark day.

Royal Coachman. Body, alternate rings of scarlet silk and peacock herl, tipped with tinsel: brown hackle, white wings. 

This fly is sometimes tied especially for bass, with a tail of barred wood duck or mottled mallard.

Grizzly King.  Body, dark green, ribbed with tinsel; gray hackle, tied Palmer; tail, scarlet ibis; wings, mottled mallard.

Queen of the Water.  Body, orange ribbed with tinsel; brown hackle, tied Palmer; wings, mottled mallard.

King of the Water.  Same as Queen, but scarlet body; hackle not tied Palmer.

Cow Dung.  Body, yellow brown mohair or crewel; hackle, brown; wings, clay yellow chicken feather.

Professor.  Body, yellow ribbed with tinsel; hackle, brown; tail, scarlet ibis; wings, mottled mallard.

White Miller or Moth Fly.  Body, white or silk chenille, tipped with tinsel; hackle, white; wings, white.

Silver Black.  Body, ribbed with tinsel; hackle, gray; wings, black.

Yellow Sally.  Body, yellow; ribbed with tinsel; hackle, yellow; wings, yellow.

Governor or Brown Hen.  Body, peacock herl; tipped with tinsel; hackle brown; mottled brown wings.

Gray Coffin.  Body gray, tipped with orange; hackle, cinnamon color; tail two fibres from the mottled feather of the mallard; wings, drab.

Red Spinner.  Body, wine colored silk, ribbed with tinsel; hackle, brown; tail, two fibres from a brown hackle; wings, gray.