Here's a few of my latest ties...
first couple I'm actually naming - the rest are generics -
First: "McKenzie's Paddle Wheel May Fly"
This one is olive in color.
Hook: Mustad standard dry fly hook, #12
Thread: Olive 6/0
Tail: Natural squirrel tail fibers
Body: dubbed synthetic, olive
Wing: White poly yarn
Hackle: Olive grizzly
Start the fly normally, laying a thread base. Tie in a tail of squirrel hair, with the tail length equal to the length of the hook shank. Dub in a body of olive synthetic dubbing. Tie in the white poly yarn wing like you would for a spent-wing fly. Now wrap the bases of the wings as you would a parachute fly. Using two matching hackle feathers, tie in the hackle around the wing-post bases. Whip finish the head. You should wind up with twin hackles, off set 90 degrees each when compared to either a standard dry fly hackle, or a normal parachute style dry fly - hence the 'paddle wheel' hackle.
The next fly I'm calling "McKenzie's Mating Paddle Wheel May Flies"
Hook: Mustad 2X nymph hook, straight shank
Thread: olive, 6/0
Tail: Natural squirrel tail fibers
Body: dubbed synthetic, olive and yellow
Wing: White poly yarn
Hackle: Olive grizzly
Start with a good thread base. Tie in the squirrel hair,a little shorter than the length of the hook shank. Dub in an olive body about 1/4 the way up the shank. Tie in the first set of poly wings. Wrap the wing bases to form parachute posts. Tie in the hackle feathers. Figure-8 some more dubbing to hide the thread. Wrap the hackles and tie off. Add a pinch of yellow dubbing ahead of the next olive body, and wrap up a little more than 2/3 the hook shank. Tie in the 2nd set of poly wings and duplicate the previous steps of tying in the hackles, dubbing over the center of the wings to hide the thread, then whip finish the fly's head. Now you've got 4 paddle wheel hackles and 4 parachute type wing posts in the spent-wing fashion.
I haven't been able to find any other flies tied similarly after searching through major retailers, or FAOL's archives.