It all started as a Christmas gift.  My Mom must have recognized a longing in me to tie and fish my own patterns.  It was a beginner's fly tying kit.  I still have the original box in the closet of my den.  I often wonder if she knew how far I would go in this pursuit.  I think she did.  She had that kind of foresight on most matters!

So continues this fly tying journey from its start thirty five years ago.  I find myself squarely in the middle of tying and fishing flymphs.  The influences along the way have been many, both in literature and in the quality individuals I have met who share this passion.  LONG LIVE THE MIGHTY FLYMPH!

Flymph Patterns of Doug Duvall

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Tan Flymph
Hook:  Mustad 94842 (R50U) in sizes 10-12-14 or TMC 9300 or Cabela's Model 30.
Thread:  Uni brand 8/0 "Camel"
Tail:  soft tan hen saddle, a little on the long side  
Body:  A pre-spun fur body made with Hareline Dubbin brand "Krystal Dub" in tan color spun on Langley Brand fine silk # LT1257 "Gold" or similar.  Well waxed. 
Hackle:  Two turns of the softest, webbiest tan colored hen saddle feather to size - a bit long is preferred.  
Head:  Very small.  Minimalist turns.


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Friend's Fly
Hook:  Gamakatsu R10-B Retainer Bend, Barbless in Size 12. 
Thread:  Danville's 6/0 waxed in cream color.
Tail:  three wood wuck lemon flank fibers with the natural curve sloping upward.  Well marked as possible.  
Dubbing:  Dave Whitlocks Synthetic Living Fiber (SLF) in "Stonefly Gills".  
Hackle:  wood duck upper covert wing feathers - 2-3 turns at most right at the head.   
Head:  Danville's cream (above) very small, minimal wraps to finish.

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Cream Flymph
Hook:  Mustad 94842 (R50U) up-eye dry fly hook in sizes 10-14.  A really nice alternative is TMC's 9300 in the same sizes. 
Thread:  Uni brand 6/0 "Light Cahill" color or Danville's 6/0 in Cream color.
Tail:  4-8 long, very soft fibers from a cream colored domestic hen cape.
Body:  build up tying thread tapered on ends of the body.  Cigar shaped.
Dubbing:  A lightly dubbed pre-spun flymph body made of Borden's Hare-tron #2 March Brown.  
Hackle:  2-3 turns of a slightly long fibered and well rounded cream colored feather from a domestic hen cape.  Tied in by the stalk.
Wax:  Tying Wax - not dubbing wax.  There is a difference.  Use it liberally at various points in the tying process.  
Head:  keep it small



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Green Beasty Flymph
Hook:  Mustad 94842 in size 10-12-14 or TMC 9300 
Thread:  Danville's 6/0 black waxed.
Tail:  4-6 black hen saddle fibers - long
Body:  Krystal Dub in "Medium Brown"  pre-spun into a flymph body.  Not too full.  
Hackle:  1 black hen neck feather.    
Head:  Smallest head of black thread.
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Hidy's Mahogany Flymph
Hook:  Mustad 94842 (R50U) #10-#12
Thread:  Danvilles 6/0 Brown
Rib:  oval gold tinsel, fine
Body:   60/40 mix brown mohair and Hareline dubbing #23 (rust) spun on Pearsall's gossamer silk, claret.
Hackle:  hen cape, furnace

Note:  Brown mohair dubbing from Pete Hidy's collection and graciously provided by Lance Hidy for this pattern.