Fly of the Month

This month's featured fly is the Chubby Chernobyl. The fly is a descendant of the famous Chernobyl Ant and is a western favorite. It was created by Chris Conaty of Oregon. It is a guide favorite for beginners because of...

This month's fly is the Gartside Soft Hackle Streamer. The soft hackle design was created by Jack Gartside of Massachusetts. He was a creator of innovative flies that are now common place in the fly boxes of anglers around the...

This month's fly is the Marsters' Cat Toy. This big streamer was created by Steve Marsters of Rangeley. It is a pattern that evolved over time as it was tested and tried in our area rivers. Steve ties it for...

This month's fly is the Ken's Comparadun Hex. The fly was created by Ken Grimes of New Hampshire. Ken is one of our tiers, doing most of the streamers and Tandems. The pattern was created in the 1990's and is...

The month's pattern is the Orange Kennebago Muddler. Every summer fishermen come into the shop asking for an Orange Muddler. This new pattern follows the Kennebago Muddler style. This is simply an attractor pattern for use sub surface at anytime....

  This month's fly is the Hairwing Dun. The Hairwing Dun was created by Rene Harrop of Idaho in the 1980's. The story goes that he was fishing the Firehole River during a good Caddis hatch but couldn't match the...

This month's fly is the Antron Egg nymph. The Antron egg fly is a very realistic egg fly, which when wet becomes very translucent. I have caught fish on it during the spring sucker spawn and also in the early...

This month's fly is the Heavy Pat's jig fly. The Pat's Rubberleg nymph has become one of our best selling flies at the shop. This version was created by our employee Logan Messina as a tight line nymphing pattern. This...

This month's pattern is the Frenchie. The Frenchie was created by Lance Egan of Utah. The fly was made popular during the competitive fly-fishing tournaments held around the world. It is a classic tightline nymph tied on a jig hook...