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(I thought perhaps I posed this Q before, but I don't see it in my history, so here goes...)

I found a dozen baggies of materials all made up for a tying class, but they're not labeled. What do these make?:

Size 8 or 10 hook, standard wire (or so I judge);
Yellow thread;
Shortish, fineish, deer hair;
Dryer sheet.

(Someone has suggested that the dryer sheet might be for preventing static in a hair stacker, not a part (cut wings?) of the fly proper.)

The first fly that comes to mind is the Tom Thumb. It has a tail, wing and body all tied with deer hair. The yellow thread cross wrapped could have it represent a grasshopper.
That of course assumes that the dryer sheet is, as you mentioned, in the bag as an anti static.

Possible, but I think not. I don't recall the name as one of the class flies, and I don't think the hair supplied is long enough.

Cute pattern, though (I just Googled it); only twice as complex as Darwin Atkin's Cartop Caddis.

Tom thumb would be my suggestion also. Fly fishing is new for me but when I have time i"m really enjoying it.

Haven't seen one for years but what about a Haystack? Again the yellow thread forms the body. IIRC you tie a tail of deer hair, could extend the butts to the base of the tail then over wrap, add deer hair wing, go fishin!
Dryer sheet = anti static.
Jeez, I keep this up and I'll have to do a column on the Haystack.....probably will anyway lol.

Again, don't think so. Name not familiar in the context, and I think (from googling) the original used a dubbed body, perhaps of muskrat. There's no way this teacher would have passed up the opportunity to use more muskrat! (And fidelity to originator was a virtue.)

Humpy

The Humpy has a hackle. The materials bags contain no feathers.

Could do a stimulator....

Not that, either. I have the class instructions for a Stimulator- all sorts of other materials.

Thanks for trying, all. Still hoping...

Goddard Caddis?

WHAT were the class flies?

How about a yellow ant?

Over 35 years, there were many, many class flies.

A deer hair ant doesn't sound familiar, but I'll check.

Watch your mailbox.

Baggie 2?

You're slipping into crypticism again.

I've paged through most of the binders, still can't determine.
There's a Goddard, but it calls for a hackle.
If the packages contained a feather and/or some dubbing, it could be one of a trazillion patterns; but they don't.

So here I am, all dressed up with student packages, with nowhere to go!

I'm still digging through my library but.......so far ya got me on this one.

I've kept my eye on it since this post, but it hasn't budged an inch; -even here in earthquake country. So just why am I keeping watch?

Fish hatchery food pellet?