Fly of the Month

      The Parmachenee Wulff is a Wulff style version of the wet fly of the same name.   This fly was created by Henry Wells and John Danforth of Parmachenee Lake, Maine in 1876.  The fly was originally tied...

  I remember as a boy catching my biggest trout on a Doodlebug.   I had a large beaver bog near my house and would fish it regularly.  It had a long dam that I would walk out along and perch...

This month’s fly is the Tri-­color created by Bud Wilcox of Rangeley.  The fly imitates the crayfish found in many of our local ponds and lakes.  The streamer was introduced to the public in the March 1970 edition ofField and...

This month’s fly is the Quill Gordon. The Quill Gordon was created by Theodore Gordon from the Catskill region of New York. Gordon is considered the father of dry fly fishing in America. The Quill Gordon was one of the...

This month’s featured fly is the Cased Caddis. The Cased Caddis was originated by Gary LaFontaine and written about in his book “Caddisflies”. Have you ever been wading in one of our rivers in late spring and noticed those inch-long...

      The Thin Mint is a multi-color wooly bugger.  The fly was created by Jim Misiura of Pennsylvania.  This fly has been modified in many different ways.  I am giving you the recipe for what I think is the...

 The fly of the month is the Snowshoe Hendrickson Emerger.  I have used this pattern for a number of years with good success.  It’s really just a Pheasant tail using snowshoe hare as a way to suspend the fly in...

This month's fly is the Parachute Hares Ear. This pattern is credited to Ed Schroeder of California, who also created the well known Schroeder's Para-hopper. John Gierach, in his book Good Flies calls it the most versatile dry fly he fishes. The...

     I don't' know much about the history of this fly.  It is believed to have been originated by a man named Lenny Loiselle and maybe gets its name from the flashy, glimmering color combination, The Montreal is my...