St. Vrain Caddis, Yellow Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Wing Hackle St. Vrain Caddis This pattern was designed by A.K. Best while trying to match the caddis hatch on the St. Vrain River in front of John Gierach‘s house. The St. Vrain is a river west of Lyons, Colorado in…
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X Caddis, Olive Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Shuck Wing X-Caddis The X-caddis was originated by Craig Matthews and John Juracek of West Yellowstone, Montana around 1980. Inspiration According to Matthews, however, the inspiration came from his wife, Jackie: “A bit of fly design history here. While John and I…
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Schroeder’s Parachute Caddis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Post Wing Hackle Schroeder’s Parachute Caddis This is a pattern designed by Ed Schroeder of Fresno, CA in the early 1970’s. Ed’s home waters are the Kings River of the Sierra Nevada. Ed applied a calf hair wingpost to many patterns…
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Watters Foam Hex Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Hackle Hackle Watters Foam Hex The Watters Foam Hex is designed by Ken Watters. This is a good foam body hex pattern that can be adapted as a Dun, Para-dun, or Spinner. Foam is an excellent choice for body material…
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Trico Spinner Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wing Trico Spinner The Trico Spinner Fall can be the highlight of any fly fishing excursion within the Sierra. This activity is found usually in areas of slow moving creeks and streams as well as lakes. The males hatch during the…
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Baetis Thorax Dun Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wingpost Hackle Thorax Dun The Thorax Dun is a variation off the Catskill Dry by Vince Marinaro. During the 1940’s , Vince examined the smooth waters of the Letort Spring Run in Pennsylvania and concluded the need to develop a fly…
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PMD Sparkle Dun Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Tail/Shuck and Wing Sparkle Dun/Comparadun The Sparkle Dun/Comparadun pattern actually has it’s roots in another no-hackle fly known as the Haystack by Fran Betters in 1949 while Fran was still a teenager. Fran developed this pattern for slow-moving waters that were…
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Sparkle Flag Dun, PMD Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wing Hackle Sparkle Flag Dun The Sparkle Flag Dun is a variation designed by the late Bob Quigley. It is a combination of two earlier designs of his: the Hackle Stacker Flag Dun and the Sparkle Stacker. The “hackle…
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RS2 Callibaetis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wing RS2 Designed by Rim Chung. RS2 stands for Rim’s Semblance #2. It was designed originally for baetis and midges on the South Platte in the mid 1970’s. The body of the fly hangs down into the surface file and the…
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Rusty Spinner Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Spent Wing Thorax Quilled Spinners Quilled Spinners are very slender in profile. They are mayfly duns that have molted their layer of exoskeleton. They do this to allow for ease of mating. Males fall into the water exhausted after mating while the…
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