United Fly Tyers of Rhode Island, Inc.
Hook- Gamakatsu SL11-3H (#4), Mustad 3407DT (#2), or Mustad S71SAP (#2)
Thread – Flat Waxed Nylon or Fine Mono
Eyes – Stick on, in size small or 1/8”
Body – E-Z Body in size Small or Medium
Tail- Choice of Estaz (sm. or med) hackle feather, Krystal Flash or Polar Fiber
October 2025
Ray's Fly: Coop's Floating Sand Eel
Hook: Streamer hooks (3xl between size 12 and 8 seem to work best)
Thread: 6/0 or 8/0 waxed fly tying thread. Black, grey, or olive depending on the hackle and pine squirrel zonker color you chose.
Lead free wire (0.015) I prefer lead free wire because it is heavier.
Crystal flash (any will work but I have found that midge crystal flash in root beer color seems to work best at least for me)
Brahma hen soft hackle or coc de leon soft hackle (I find olive, black, golden olive, and grey seem to work best but can use white or more vivid colors for salt water variants.)
Pine squirrel zonker strips (cut small ideally; dyed to match the soft hackle)
Orvis Hare E Ice dubbing matched in color to the hackle and zonker color (but any blend of dyed hare's ear, antron, or crystal flash dub works)
For Salt Water variants: You can use larger feathers such as schlappen feathers and large rabbit zonker strips tied on a saltwater hook.
Ken's Fly: Matuszek's Delta Bugger
Bill's Fly: Ray's Fly
Hook: Eagle claw Model 253 or 254 . (1/0 EC #254 pictured)
Thread: Green or Yellow Monocord
Body: Silver Bill’s Body Braid.
Wing: A small bunch of white bucktail topped by two strands of Pearl flashabou (don’t cut flashabou off at eye but leave dangling as it will be folded back over the yellow bucktail), topped with a bunch of yellow bucktail, topped by two strands of the original pearl flashabou folded back, topped with a small bunch of olive bucktail.
Topping: 4 to 7 Strands of peacock herl (depends upon the thickness of the herl)
Origin: 1990-Ray Bondorew
