This month’s fly is the Electric Caddis nymph. It was created by Mike Lawson of the Henry’s Fork area of Idaho. I first saw the pattern in an issue of Fly Tyer magazine, tied some up and fished it....
This month’s fly is the Pale Evening Dun. It is not known for large hatches like the Hendrickson and March Brown. It occurs during the end of the March Brown season, not large in number, but ever present....
This month’s fly is the Ballou Special, a smelt imitation that was created by A. I. Ballou in 1921 . He is credited with creating the first marabou streamer fly. This fly is one more white marabou streamer to add to...
This month’s fly is the WD-50. I have fished this small nymph for a number of years and have come to depend on it when the fish get smart and picky. This pattern is a variation of the WD-40 which...
Fly of the Month This month's fly is the Hemingway Caddis. This is a new Caddis pattern to the shop. I added it at the request of a customer. It is very similar to the Henryville Special except for...
This month's fly is the Peacock Caddis. I first saw this pattern in a book by Al and Gretchen Beatty called Rotary Fly Tying Techniques. Al told a great fishing story about the fly’s success that hooked me into trying...
The Henryville Special is one of the most effective flies for matching the spring green caddis hatches. The first caddis of the season are green and chunky in the larger sizes 12 – 14. This fly can also be retrieved...
This month’s fly, the Shufelt Special, is named after its creator Robert Shufelt of Greenville, Maine. This fly is on my top five streamer list. As some of you may know I have a bias toward any streamer with large...
The fly of the month for September is the Griffith’s Gnat .The Griffith’s Gnat was first created and tied by Bob Summers of Michigan. George Griffith, who founded Trout Unlimited in 1960, and Bob fished together often so it was named...
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