Jack Pangburn
AKA:
Grizlyjak
Westbury, New York
Jack
Pangburn frequently fishes the Beaverkill, Willowemoc, Delaware West
Branch and the Croton Watershed streams. He is a contributing member of
Trout Unlimited, Catskill Fly Tiers Guild, Federation of Fly Fishers, and the
United Fly Tiers. Now as a retired art education instructor of the
secondary and college levels he lives with his wife in Westbury, New
York. Their four children have given them seven grandchildren.
Jack's fishing buddy once overheard someone call him "Grizljak" because of his strong use of grizzly hackle. His fishing buddy started calling him by that nickname and it has stuck ever since.
Jack is a fly tying instructor who has custom tied flies for years. His flies are tops in every department, award winners in national and international competitions, beautiful to look at, perfectly proportioned and catch fish.
Farrow Allen, writer/editor and tier says: "Aside from being a thoughtful fly tier and dedicated angler, Jack Pangburn is a highly skilled artist." His art has been recently displayed in Mid West Fly Tier, American Angler, Orvis News, United Fly Tiers Roundtable, and the Macallandar 2001.
Jim Schollmeyer has photographed most of Jack's fly patterns that have
been printed in these fly related publications: Fly Tying, Flyfisher, Fly
Fish America, Fly Fishing & Tying Journal and the new Federation of
Fly Fishers Fly Pattern Encyclopedia. Photographer/writer Thomas Ames,
Jr. has included fly patterns designed and tied by Jack in his new book Hatch Guide for New England Streams.
Jack
has written and illustrated an excellent book titled "Deer Hair Fly
Tying Guidebook" (left)
that is filled with his illustrated drawings. It has a lot of good
information and includes easy to follow instructions for tying a large variety
of fly patterns. You owe it to yourself to check it out.
Jack is willing to answer any e-mail questions or requests regarding his custom tied flies, color pencil illustrations, and his book.
Select One of Jack's Flies:
Puffer (With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing)
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Tier: Jack Pangburn
Head:
Black metal bead. Thread:
Black. Underbody:
Lead free wire wrapped around hook and flattened on top and bottom with pliers. Tails:
Black goose biots tied in "V". Abdomen:
Black and dark brown Seal-Ex. Rib:
Black Swannundaze abdomen only. Wingcases:
Black Swiss Straw, or similar wing material, cement coated. Thorax:
Same as abdomen. Note 1:
This fly is heavily weighted and is to be fished very slow along the
bottom. Note 2:
It takes years for the Giant Stonefly to mature, therefore there are large
nymphs all season in the streams they inhabit. Fishing a large dark (black)
stonefly nymph can be productive almost anytime, in particular the late spring
when many are on the move to hatch. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Black 6/0. Body:
Peacock herl. Rib:
Optional. Hackle:
Black soft hen. Note:
A simple, soft hackle wet fly that goes back in tying history, and is
also one of the many peacock herl body flies in the books. Some
believe it represents an aquatic snail, others say the trout take
this fly because it looks edible and can represent a number of small
creatures. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Brown. Body:
Cinnamon dubbing. Ribbing/Legs:
Cinnamon hackle palmered and clipped on top. Wing:
Cinnamon Swiss Straw or similar wing material cut to shape and tied in tent style. Antennae:
Brown Microfibbets, longer than body. Note 1:
Thomas Ames, Jr. describes fishing this imitation to make it appear
naturalistic in his new book "Hatch Guide to New England
Streams." Note 2:
This fly should be part of your assortment when fishing the hatches of
the Spotted and Cinnamon Sedges. When pulled under water, this
pattern simulates a diving caddis, the hairy body and legs trap
oxygen bubbles much the same as the natural female does when swimming
under water to lay her eggs. The trapped air bubbles help float her back to the surface. The fisherman that duplicates
this effort
in his presentation should have success. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Craft Fur Dragon
(Dragonfly
Nymph)
Tier: Jack Pangburn Hook:
Mustad 79580 Size 2-8. Thread:
6/0 olive/brown. Body:
Lead free wire weighted (see note below). Hackle:
Pheasant rump feather with about half the basal marabou fluff left on. Head:
Wrap a small thread head and coat with cement. Note:
Dark brown craft fur is man-made fur that looks similar to elk hock,
muskrat and beaver but of a stiffer texture. Envelop the hook shank
by overlapping one fur skirt over another- thatch roof style. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Gray or brown.
Tail:
Brown feather or Microfibetts.
Body:
Brown/green SLF dubbing.
Rib:
Brown Swannundaze or Larva Lace Nymph Rib.
Wings:
Upland game bird (Partridge or Quail) feathers cut with a wing burner.
Hackle:
Brown touched with green dye.
Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Brown.
Tail:
Mottled hackle fibers (pheasant).
Underbody:
Dental floss for shape.
Weight:
Optional.
Body:
Brown/green SLF dubbing.
Wingcase:
Swiss straw (raffia) cement coated or other wing material.
Bib/Legs:
Grouse or pheasant feather.
Note:
Bottom picture shows the wingcase.
Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Black.
Weight:
Optional wire.
Tail:
Coachman barbs or light gray yarn if shuck is used.
Rib:
Oval gold tinsel.
Body:
SLF.
Wing:
Rabbit (hare) fur any color black, brown, tan, olive, dun.
Head:
Black lacquered thread shaped.
Instructions
(Drawing
by Jack Pangburn)
2.
Tie in and fold-lock a piece of gold oval tinsel.
3.
If you are tying a swimming emerger tie in a tail of coachman soft hackle
barbs. For an emerged adult, separate a small amount of light gray sparkle
yarn and tie it in. Trim the trailing yarn shuck to extend the length of
the hook shank past the bend.
4.
Spin some iridescent peacock SLF PrismaFlash dubbing on your thread and wrap the
body. Leave room ahead of the body or you won't have space to tie in the
bulky wing and finish the head. Wind the oval tinsel forward to suggest
segmentation, tie it off and trim excess.
5.
Cut a bunch of rabbit fur close to the skin, and measure it to reach a little
beyond the end of the tail or to the mid-point of the shuck, if one is
used. Position the rabbit fur and tie it in, guard hairs, underfur, and
all. Trim the butt ends of the wing at an angle, cement the butts and wrap
over them with thread.
6.
Build a round head, whip and cement thread and finish with black lacquer.
Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Hook:
Stinger or similar # 2/0. Thread:
6/0 chartreuse. Tail:
Tan bucktail with a few strands of root beer Krystal Flash. Body:
Rabbit fur strip, natural or tan. Overbody
and Lip: Strip of foam. Head:
Chartreuse thread. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Primrose yellow. Tail:
Ginger hackle fibers. Body:
Light Red Fox belly fur or creamy tan dubbing. Ribbing:
Optional use of tying thread. Wings:
Lemon Woodduck flank. Hackle:
Ginger. Note:
A classic Catskill pattern that belongs in every fly box. This May
fly squats low on the water surface, so you may want to cut a
"V" from the bottom hackle to create a low profile. The
low "look" is of particular importance when fly is fished
on flat water. Pictured below
right is one of Jack's drawings. Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Black 6/0. Tail:
Natural deer hair - some tiers prefer a variant tail using golden
pheasant tippets. Body:
Peacock herl front and rear thirds of hook with a belt of red silk in the
middle. Wing:
White calf tail. Hackle:
Coachman brown. Note 1:
A fly based on the well known standard pattern, the Royal Coachman, with
a peacock herl body divided by a red silk cummerbund. Like the rest of the flies in the Wulff series, it is tied full and
sometimes used
for salmon fishing. Note 2:
It is interesting to follow the history or evolution, if you will, of the
Coachman, Leadwing Coachman, to the Royal Coachman, the Royal Wulff. Check
out the variants of
this pattern in between and today. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Gray 6/0. Tail:
Two slips of brown mottled turkey wing quill. Body:
Flat gold tinsel double wrapped or braided gold cord (weight
optional). Underwing:
Two slips of brown mottled Turkey wing quill. Overwing:
Gray squirrel tail. Collar:
Flared natural deer hair. Head:
Flared (spun) natural deer hair trimmed to form
head. Note:
Small sizes are sometimes fished as dry flies. A good hopper
imitation. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
6/0 orange. Tag:
Yellow Floss. Underbody:
Dental floss for a smooth mummy wrapped base. Body:
Rear two thirds orange floss with palmered rib of flat gold tinsel. Thorax:
Front third yellow Seal-Ex or SLF. Hackle:
Yellow and red spey or schlapen feathers. Head:
Small thread head lacquered. Note:
A very colorful fly pattern sometimes called the
"Popsicle." Another pattern, the "Moody Blue," of this
Steelhead series, is portrayed in the Federation of Fly Fishers new Fly
Pattern Encyclopedia on page 144. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
White or pink.
Tag:
Flat gold tinsel.
Tail:
Golden pheasant tippet.
Body:
Pink floss.
Rib:
Gold tinsel.
Hackle:
Coachman brown.
Wing:
Slate gray duck or goose wing (paired).
Head:
Build small thread head and coat with black enamel.
Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
Danville 6/0 black.
Tail:
Two red feather segments tied split.
Body:
Lt. blue Mohair or Antron.
Rib:
Lt. olive spooled antron tightly twisted and spiral wrapped the length of the
body.
Wing:
Single feather tip, black and stiff (Example: crow, grackle, cowbird, or
blackbird.
Hackle:
Pheasant body feather, mottled dark and light copper/brown tied in full beard
style.
Head:
Small tapered cone of lacquered thread.
Drawing by Jack
Pangburn
Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
6/0 Tan. Tail:
Red (Fox) squirrel tail. Body:
Yellow and green floss palmered (barber pole style). Wing:
Red (Fox) squirrel tail. Short
Overwing: Red (Fox) squirrel tail. Sight Aid:
Yellow Antron yarn. Hackle:
Cree or Grizzly if not available. Note:
The yellow tag of Antron yarn works well as a sight target for the person fishing the
fly. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Sub-Merger
(Green Drake)
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Thread:
6/0 Danville's tobacco or olive. Body -
back half: Submerged shuck is sparsely dubbed
hexagenia (pale cream/lt. tan) Antron to mid
shank. Rib:
Tail section by spiral wrapping two thin strips of pearlescent Flash-a-bou or Krystal flash to mid shank. Body -
front half: Dress the floating part of the fly with your own pattern
(see note 1). Hackle:
Badger or brown Indian neck. Note 1:
Hare's ear Antron dubbed loose and bulky from mid point to just behind
the hook eye, leaving room for hackle and tying off. Note 2:
The sub-merger is tied in two halves. The tail end creates the illusion
of being the spent shuck that fishes submerged. The front half is
dressed with your own pattern colorations to represent the various
emerging may flies you encounter. Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
Tier: Jack Pangburn
Tail:
Brown goose biots.
Body:
Yellow dubbing.
Rib:
Brown Swannundaze or Larva Lace Nymph Rib.
Legs:
Ginder Hackle.
Eyes:
Black plastic dumbbells or metal for faster sink.
Wingcase:
Copper Swiss Straw (raffia) or similar wing material.
Antennae:
Ginger Microfibetts.
Select
Another Fly: Puffer
(With drawing)
Hare
and Peacock (With instructions and drawing) Return
to Jack's Introduction.
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for your tying needs.
Hook:
Mustad 79580 4X long dry size 2-8.
Hook:
Mustad 3906B Size 8-14.
Hook:
Mustad 94840 dry Size 14-16.
Hook: Mustad
79580 #8-10.
Hook: Mustad
36890 # 8-10.
Hook: Mustad
3906B #8-18.
1.
Clamp your hook in the vise and start thread behind the eye. Wrap to the
bend and tie in the tail, or if you prefer, the yarn shuck. If you add
weight, wrap the rear end of the shank with fine lead-free wire and coat the
wraps with cement. Weight at the back end of the shank forces the hook to
fish at proper emerging angle. Eliminate the weight if tying the yarn
shuck.
Hook:
Mustad 94840 dry Size 12-16.
Select
Another Fly:
Hook:
Mustad 94840 dry Size 8-14.
Hook:
Mustad 79580 Size 4-10.
Hook:
Salmon.
Hook: Dry
fly hook.
Hook: Mustad
Nymph or Wet # 8-12.
A. Nelson Cheney of Glens Falls, NY named this fly after fishing Puffer Pond in
the Adirondacks. It was fished as one of a brace of flies on this
pond. The fly had no name until on that one day in June 1867 when the fly
out-fished other flies, catching 35 pounds of trout in 2 hours. The fly
was kept in an envelope and was found with the following epitaph, "Thy
work was well done: Thy rest well earned." It is now called
the "Puffer." This story comes from Favorite Flies and their
Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury.
Hook:
Mustad 79580.
Hook:
Mustad 80050 (nymph) # 12-18.
Hook: Mustad
79580 #6-12.
for your tying needs.
