Pennant Dun Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Hackle Pennant Dun Walt Weise developed the Pennant Dun in early fall 2020 as a tiny, delicate, yet buoyant and visible mayfly-style attractor dry. Its effectiveness largely derives from its unusual wing and hackle design, which allows for…
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Mini-Me Popper, Chartreuse Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body finished with and coated with Eyes Tail and between 2 pair of Collar Legs Mini-Me Popper The Mini-Me popper is a Bass Fly with a pop. The popper type of fly is usually attributed to Ernest Peckinpaugh in 1907. Ernest lived in…
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Deer Hair Mouse Rat Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body and Head Tail and Ears Whiskers Eyes Deer Hair Mouse Rat Dave Whitlock popularized the Deer Hair Mouse Rat for bass fishing in his home waters of Oklahoma. There are many variations to this fly. Some tiers, such as Chris Helm,…
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Hippie Stomper Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Underbody Body and Head , black on top, same color as underbody underneath Tail Wing Legs Hackle Hippie Stomper This is another foam creation of Andrew Grillos that has become very popular throughout the western states. It tends to be classified as an attractor…
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Hamburglar Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Underbody Body Overbody Legs Wing Eyes Hamburglar Andrew Grillos is a signature fly tier for Idylwilde Flies. The Hamburglar is a great pattern for beetles that is both buoyant and durable as well as easy to see. Andrew designed the pattern using two layers of…
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Parachute Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Wingpost Hackle Parachute Ant The Parachute Ant pattern developed by Ed Schroeder in the early 1970’s has withstood the test of time and continues to be one of the top ant patterns for the last fifty years. Ed’s pattern used Calf Body…
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Cutter’s Perfect Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Shell Legs Cutter’s Perfect Ant Cutter’s Perfect Ant is designed by Ralph Cutter, of Nevada City, CA. Ralph and Lisa Cutter were proprietors of California School of Fly Fishing, now retired. Ants in the Sierra Ants will provide a steady meal…
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Chernobyl Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Legs Post Chernobyl Ant This fly was the winner of the 1995 Jackson Hole One Fly Contest. It was designed by Mark Forslund and Allan Woolley, guides on the Green River below Flaming Gorge, Utah. Originally, Mark tied a piece of black foam…
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Bionic Ant Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Legs Wing Hackle Bionic Ant This ant pattern has been around for some time as the Sailor Ant, a black body foam cylinder with the white tip but Lance Egan wanted to add some fishattracting features to make it “Bionic”. He added…
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Parachute Hopper Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Ribbing Legs Wing Wingpost Hackle Parachute Hopper This is a pattern designed by Ed Schroeder of Fresno, CA in the early 1970’s. Ed’s homewaters are the King’s River of the Sierra Nevada. Ed applied a calf hair wingpost to not only hoppers…
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