Ray's

[FishHawk]

Another vote for Ray's fly, a true Classic. Similar to the Adams dry fly and Hare's Ear nymph . FishHawk

[Slinger]

Nice looking ties! This is not a criticism, use less yellow. The recipe calls for sparse, everyones idea of sparse is different, it only takes a FEW hairs. The original calls for a silver tinsel body and a FEW hairs of sky blue over the yellow followed by olive. I actually saw an article in a mag that stated the fly was tied with white and black bucktail, what an insult to the original! Try some Rays flies with Clouser eyes, this is my 95% go to fly.
Slinger

[Slinger]

Allmost forgot, the original was tied sans eyes, but I wouldn`t tie a fly without eyes. For these I use tape eyes to keep the finished fly slim, when I move up in size I go with the domed eyes. Tie in a few sizes too, in the early season the silversides are small, 2 to 3 inches but by the time the FA`s show the silversides dumping out of the breachways are 5 to 6 inches.
Slinger