Posts by Fly Fishing the Sierra

Slumpbuster, Rust Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Ribbing Body Wing Four Collar Slumpbuster The Slumpbuster goes back to 2000 when Joe Schmuecker of Wapsi sent John Barr zonker-cut Pine Squirrel strips dyed in a variety of colors. It is based upon Dan Byford’s Zonker pattern that uses a rabbit zonker…

Sculpzilla, Ginger Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Shank Thread Head 20 wraps Eyes Gills Body Pectoral Fins Wing Four Overwing Four Collar Hackle Collar Sculpzilla The Sculpzilla is an articulated fly pattern in the early 2000’s, introduced by Ray Chang of Solitude Fly Company. The pattern has had great success due to…

Purple Peril Waker Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Tail Floatation Body Tag/Rib Hackle Wing Purple Peril Waker The Purple Peril Waker is a pattern that I took off from Scott Sadil’s article in Jan/Feb 2015 issue of California Fly Fisher. Within that article, Scott describes a waker pattern used by his…

Perfection Perch Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head covered with Eyes Body Perfection Perch The Perfection perch is a modification of the Diamond Hair Minnow that was created by John Rohmer while he was with Arizona Fly Fishing in Tempe, AZ. The Troutfitter of Mammoth Lakes requested Solitude Fly Company to…

Muddler Minnow Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head , clipped Tail Small bunch of Body Underwing Wing Small bunch of The Muddler Minnow Don Gapen designed the Muddler Minnow in 1936 to imitate a sculpin, known as the Cockatush Minnow, to catch large Brook Trout on the Nipigon River in Ontario,…

Red Throat Olive Matuka Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Weighted 20 wraps Thorax Body Ribbing Wing Four Collar Hackle Matuka The Matuka patterns originated in New Zealand where they were known from their Maori name, Matuku, and were introduced to our Sierran streams during the 1980’s. The Matuka was first revealed…

Marabou Muddler Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Weighted 15 wraps of Head , spun and clipped Tail Body Wing Two Collar ,spun Marabou Muddler This fly is a variation of the Muddler Minnow originated by Don Gapen of Anoka, Minnesota in the late 1930’s. Don’s Muddler Minnow was publicized inThe Practical…

Little Brook Trout Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Tail over Body Ribbing Wing Small bunch of topped with Throat Cheek Little Brook Trout This is a series of patterns originated by Samuel R. Slaymaker II of Gap, Pennsylvania in the late 1950’s. Mr. Slaymaker studied the natural fry to create…

Light Spruce Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Tail Body Thorax Ribbing Wing Two ,flared Hackle Light Spruce The Light Spruce is a feather wing streamer that can be tied in the more common “Light” version using Badger hackles or the “Dark” version using Furnace hackles. The fly was designed by…

  Headbanger Sculpin Materials to Order Material, click the link Rear Hook Hook Thread Tail Body , palmered with Legs Overwing Connector 25 lb. Mono with Front Hook Hook Thread Head Eyes Body , palmered with Legs Overwing Collar Headbanger Sculpin Originated by Rich Strolis in 2012 utilizing the sculpin helmet and tied articulated. According…