Clark’s Little Yellow Stone Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Underwing Wing Hackle Clark’s Little Yellow Stonefly Lee Clark developed a series of stonefly imitations while fishing the Metolius and Deschutes River of Oregon in the early 1980’s. The popularity of this pattern is due to the ease of tying as…
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Chubby Chernobyl, Golden Stone Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Overbody Tail Wing Legs Chubby Chernobyl The Chubby Chernobyl often represents stoneflies and grasshoppers. It can be tied with numerous colorations and sizes to also represent crickets, cicada, and caddis. Black/Tan is a good color for the Hopper. Orange for the salmonfly;…
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Bird’s Stonefly Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Antennae Ribbing Wing Hackle Bird’s Stonefly Bird’s Stonefly was developed by Cal Bird in the mid 1950’s on the banks of Burney Creek in Northern California. It has become a standard Salmonfly pattern for over 50 years, particularly due to the marketing…
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Bill’s Skwala Stonefly Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Egg Sack Underwing Wing Legs Hackle Bill’s Skwala Stonefly Bill’s Skwala Stonefly is a pattern designed by the late Bill Carnazzo, a guide of West Slope Sierran Streams. He was one of those passionate fly fishers who volunteered his time to…
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Parachute Caddis, Olive Brown Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Wing Post Hackle Bloom’s Parachute Caddis Bloom’s parachute caddis is designed by David Bloom, a guide on Montana’s Missouri River. The pattern can be tied in small sizes and adapted to a wide range of mottled coloration. Primarily, Yearling Elk…
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Olive Brown E/C Caddis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Shuck Wing Hackle E/C Caddis This is probably the most popular fly designed by Sierran fly fisher, Ralph Cutter, and introduced to the public in 1981. The E/C Caddis is an emergent/cripple caddis pattern developed for the large caddis hatches…
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Olive Elk Hair Caddis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Rib Wing Hackle This is probably one of the most popular dry flies used in the Sierra. Al Troth originally designed this fly as a wet fly in 1957 on Loyalsock Creek in Pennsylvania. He soon discovered the floating qualities…
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Goddard Caddis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Antennae Hackle Goddard Caddis Initially, the Goddard Caddis pattern was developed by John Goddard and his friend, Clive Hendry, in London, England as a stillwater pattern. The idea was to spin hair such as Deer, Elk Belly, or Caribou and trim it into…
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Headlight Caddis, Tan Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Extended Body Antennae Post Wing Underwing Hackle Headlight Caddis The Headlight Caddis originated from Steve Overley of Montana and is being marketed by Umpqua Feather Merchants and Montana Fly Company. Initially, the pattern was designed for Yellow Sally stoneflies but Steve…
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Hemingway Caddis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Wing Underwing Hackle Ribbing Hemingway Caddis Two important patterns utilizing quill downwings are the Henryville Special and the Hemingway Caddis. The Henryville Special is a pattern that was designed in 1920 on Broadhead Creek in the Henryville House section of Northeast PA…
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