These traditional wet fly patterns are placed in a Riker Mount display box. This photo was taken through the glass top of the case. The pattern recipes are:
Royal Coachman
Tip: Gold tinsel (if desired). I always add the tinsel tip.
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing: None
Body: Peacock herl, scarlet floss center
Hackle: Brown. This hackle is tied as a collar after the wing. Many of the wet fly patterns in the book, Favorite Flies and Their Histories, 1892, by Mary Orvis Marbury, were hackled in this manner.
Wing: White
Marlow Buzz
Tip: Gold tinsel
Tail: None
Ribbing: None
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: Brown furnace
Wing: None
Rich Widow
Tip: Gold tinsel
Tail: Yellow quill sections
Hackle: Yellow tied palmer
Ribbing: Gold tinsel
Body: Light blue floss
Wing: Black
The Rich Widow is one of the patterns demonstrated in my first DVD, Tying Classic Wet Flies.
Sassy Cat
Tip: None
Tail: Scarlet quill sections
Ribbing: None
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: Yellow
Wing: Yellow with scarlet cheek
Captain
Tip: None
Tail: Scarlet and yellow married
Ribbing: None
Butt: Peacock herl
Body: White floss
Hackle: Brown
Wing: Slate
Fiery Brown
Tip: Gold tinsel
Tail: Crimson quill sections
Ribbing: None
Body: Fiery brown wool
Hackle: Brown
Wing: Brown