I have been fly tying for almost as long as I have been fly fishing and that's a long time. It started out as a hobby and when I took up guiding I of course, had to tie many more flies for use by my clients. I now tie commercially for a few tackle stores as well as my normal tying chores. So coupled with my guiding and trying to learn how to operate this damned computer I have just bought I am kept pretty busy.
Enough of this rambling......
CAT FLIES
BASIC CAT
Hook no 8 kamasan B 830
Thread uni 6/0 black
Tail none
Body yellow seals fur
Rib uni medium oval tinsel
Wing strip of natural brown or black feral cat
Run a bed of tying thread from eye to bend of hook, tie in oval tinsel, dub on seals fur, form a medium sized body back to the eye of hook. Tie in cat fur strip then come forward with the oval tinsel winding it through the fur to hold the strip firm to the shank of the hook. Try not to make gaps in the fur when you rib it
LUREX CAT
As above but add a tail of golden pheasant tippet and a body rib of no 12 uni mylar in red.
KRYSTAL CAT
As basic cat but add tail of fluoro fire orange egg yarn and up front add a topping & beard of rootbeer krystal flash.
BROWN WOLFHook no 12 kamasan b 830
Thread uni 8/0 black
Tail dark deer hair tips
Body squirrel blend dark hare's ear a spirit river product
Rib none
Wing dark deer hair tips
Hackle hoffman brown
Tie in wing first. Cut off a bunch of deer hair and tie in with the tips slopping forward, then bind the butt of the deer hair down the shank of the hook. This gives the fly tremendous buoyancy.Tie in tail then dub forward to the wing . Stand wing up, tie in hackle, wind hackle with a couple of turns behind the wing and five or six in front. Tie off and cut off bottom half of hackle.