LaFontaine Class Pattern Sheets

Emergent Sparkle Pupa

Hook: #6-20, Std. dry

Overbody: Sparkle yarn

Underbody: Half sparkle yarn and half fur (Touch Dubbing)

Wing: Deer hair

Head: Dubbed fur or wrapped marabou fibers

Basic Color Schemes – (Wing/Body/Head)
1. Brown & Yellow – (Brown/Yellow/Brown)
2. Brown & Bright Green – (Brown/Bright Green/Brown)
3. Ginger – (Light Tan/Ginger/Ginger)
4. Dark Grey – (Gray/Dark Gray/Gray)

Diving Caddis

Hook: #8-20, Std. wet

Rib: Stripped hackle quill or doubled thread (optional)

Body: Touch Dubbing

Underwing: Soft hackle fibers

Overwing: Clear Antron fibers

Hackle: Rooster hackle (low quality)

Main Color Schemes – (Wing/Body/Hackle)
1. Brown & Yellow – (Brown/Rusty Yellow/Brown)
2. Brown & Bright Green – (Brown/Bright Green/Brown)
3. Ginger – (Lemon/Cream/Ginger)
4. Dark Grey – (Dark Grey/Gray/Dun)

Halo Mayfly Emerger

Hook: #10-24, Std. dry

Tag: Clear antron (optional)  

Tail: Marabou fibers

Abdomen: Synthetic seal’s fur (dubbed thin)

Halo: Clear closed cell foam (common packing foam)

Thorax: Synthetic seal’s fur (dubbed thicker than abdomen)

Spike: Orange deer hair (extending out over the eye of the hook)

Tied in olive, brown, cream to match hatches.

Twist Nymph (Peacock version)

Hook: #10-16, Std. nymph

Bead: Brass or black

Tail: Olive, black, or burgundy marabou fibers

Body: Peacock herl (1 strand)

Dubbing: Orange antron Touch Dubbing

Collar: Olive antron Touch Dubbing

Pheasant Tail Version
Hook: #14-20, Std. nymph
Tail: Two pheasant tail fibers
Abdomen: One pheasant tail fiber
Dubbing: Orange antron Touch Dubbing
Wing Case: Six pheasant tail fibers
Thorax: Olive antron Touch Dubbing

Ostrich Herl Version
Hook: #10-16, Std. nymph
Bead: Brass
Tail: Marabou
Body: One strand ostrich herl
Dubbing: Antron Touch Dubbing to match
Collar: Antron to match
Colors: Brown, black, olive, cream, gray

Air Head

Hook: #8-16 Std. dry

Body: Mink fur, dubbed rough

Wing: Elk or deer hair

Head: Translucent closed-cell foam

Color Schemes:
1. Cream (bleached elk wing, cream body)
2. Yellow (brown deer hair, yellow body)
3. Brown (brown deer hair, brown body)
4. Olive (brown deer hair, olive body)

Double Wing

Hook: #8-18, Std. dry
Tail: Sparkle yarn (combed-out stub)
Tip: Floss (generally white)
Rear Wing: Elk hair
Body Hackle: Rooster, clipped top & bottom
Body: Touch Dubbing
Front Wing: White calf tail
Hackle: Rooster

Color Schemes – (Tail/Tip/Rear Wing/Body Hackle/Body/Front Wing/Hackle):
1. Lime Green – (Lime/White/Green/Olive Grizzly/Lime Green/White/Grizzly)
2. Orange – (Burnt Orange/White/Brown/Brown/Burnt Orange/White/Grizzly)
3. Gray – (Dark Gray/White/Rust/Cree/Dark Gray/White/Grizzly)
4. Yellow – (Yellow/White/Pale Yellow/Golden Badger/Yellow/White/Grizzly)
5. Royal – (Green/Red/Brown/Coachman Brown/Peacock Herl/White/Brown)

Best Time to Use:
1. Lime Green – Mid-day and around green vegetation and wooded areas
2. Orange – Dawn and dusk
3. Gray – Overcast days
4. Yellow – Mid-day, sunny days
5. Royal – Brightest days with glare on the water