Barr Emerger, PMD (Wet) Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wingcase Legs Barr Emerger John Barr created this pattern in 1975 while fishing upon the Nelson’s Spring Creek in Montana. Noticing that he was getting little interest in a PMD hatch with his dry patterns, he used a nymph…
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Green Drake Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Head Weight Body and Gills Thorax Tail and Legs Ribbing Wingcase and Shellback Anatomical Nymphs Skip Morris came up with his Anatomical Nymph series about 20 years ago in the late 1980’s. They attempt to accurately represent mayflies with the use of gill materials,…
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A.P. Nymph, BWO Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Weight Ribbing Body Tail and Legs Wingcase darkened by pen Head and Thorax A.P. Nymph A.P. Nymph, some think that the “A.P.” stands for the late Andre Puyans, the designer, but it actually represents “All Purpose”. He was often kidded by his peers…
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Split Case, PMD Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Ribbing Tail Wingcase Wingbuds Legs Pale Morning Dun Nymphs The Pale Morning Dun mayfly is a major hatch for our Sierran streams and rivers. They are found heavily within Spring Creeks and tailwaters, preferring stabilized flows and streambeds with rooted vegetation.…
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Pheasant Tail Nymph Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wingcase Thorax Blue Wing Olive Nymphs The Blue Wing Olive mayfly begins its life cycle on the bottom of the stream or river as a nymph. BWO are swimmers so the nymphs are torpedo-like in shape and can quickly swim to…
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Gray Timberline Emerger Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body and Ribbing Tail Wing Legs Timberline Emerger The Timberline Emerger was one of the first flies designed by Randall Kaufmann in the mid 1960’s. It is named after the numerous timberline lakes that Randall would hike into from the Eastside Sierra areas…
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Light Cahill Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Hackle Light Cahill (Wet) Dan Cahill of Port Jervis, N.Y. was a brakeman on the Erie and Lackawana Railroad in 1884. He was working in the Catskills on a hot and humid day. On board was a can of brood Rainbows…
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Western Coachman Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Ribbing Body ,4-6 strands Tail Wing Hackle Western Coachman The Western Coachman was designed by Wayne “Buz” Buszek of Visalia, CA in 1939 or 1940 as a wet fly. Buz would fish this pattern extensively throughout the Southern Sierra, particularly the Kings River, for…
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Leadwing Coachman Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Tag Ribbing Body Underbody Wing Hackle Leadwing Coachman The Leadwing Coachman finds it’s origins in the early 1820’s as an offering from a carriage driver, Tom Bosworth, to his English Lord for fishing. The original Coachman fly was a wet pattern of a peacock…
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RP Emerger Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Thorax Hackle RP Emerger If you ever fished the Frying Pan river near Aspen, Colorado, you probably had met Roy Palm, the owner of the Frying Pan Anglers fly shop. Roy had a large number of friends over the years that fished…
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