Grey Duster Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Hackle Grey Duster The Grey (the English spelling of ‘Gray’) Duster goes back about a hundred years developed by Welsh anglers on the River Dee in England. It requires just two components, Hare’s mask dubbing and a Badger Rooster saddle. It was designed…
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Cluster Midge Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wingpost Hackle Cluster Midge Midges can make up almost 50% of the trout’s diet. The individual midge can be quite small so rather than tying a size 26, why not create a cluster of these midges on a size 16-18 hook. The…
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California Mosquito Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Ribbing Tail Wing Hackle California Mosquito The California Mosquito pattern goes back to sometime within the 1950’s. During the ’60’s and 70’s, this pattern was one of the most popular dry flies within the Sierra Nevada. The pattern even became a popular graying…
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Black Gnat Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Butt Body Tail Wing Hackle Black Gnat The Black Gnat is a traditional Classic Fly dating back to the times of Dame Juliana Berners in 1496. From her book,A Treatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle(1496), the earliest known volume on sport fishing, Dame Berners…
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Chironomid Suspender Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Shuck Wing Ribbing Chironomid Suspender The Chironomid Suspender is a good emerger pattern when fish are feeding just below the surface. The CDC will allow the fly to float just below the surface. The fly will sit in the water at an…
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Yellow Stimulator Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body palmered with Ribbing Thorax palmered with Tail Wing Stimulator The Stimulator was initially designed to specifically imitate adult stoneflies. Randall Kaufmann is often credited with the pattern design, however, it may also be the design of Jim Slattery of West Yellowstone, MT.…
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Rogue Foam Stone, Golden Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Collar and Head Wing over Overwing Legs Rogue Foam Stone Designed by Jack Schlotter of Medford, Oregon. The Rogue Foam Stone utilizes a foam body that is segmented, as well as Deer or Elk Hair for the wing. Both, the foam…
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Madam X Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Underwing Legs Madam X The Madam X originated with Doug Swisher in Southwestern Montana during the 1980’s. Primarily used to imitate hoppers and large stoneflies, the Madam X can also be adapted for cicada, dragonflies, crickets, and other large type insects.…
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Headlight Sally Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Extended Body Underwing Wing Hackle Headlight Sally The Headlight Sally represents the Little Yellow Sally stonefly (Isoperla) when it is emerging to the adult stage at the surface film. The Little Yellow Stonefly is a small stonefly of only 8mm (1/3 inch)…
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Ride Sally Ride Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax and Overwing Tail Wing Legs Ride Sally Ride Matt Miles designed this pattern and it was introduced by Umpqua Feather Merchants within their catalog in 2014. Matt guides out of his home state of Virginia but spent many years working with…
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