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  • Peacock caddis dry fishing fly with peacock herl body and white wing
    January 1, 2015

    Peacock Caddis - Fly of the Month

    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...

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  • Henryville special dry fly for spring caddis hatch
    December 1, 2014

    Henryville Special - Fly of the Month

     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...

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  • shufelt special at a maine fly shop
    October 1, 2014

    Shufelt Special - Fly Of The Month

    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...

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  • September 1, 2014

    Griffith’s Gnat

     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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  • Parmachenee Wulff - Rangeley Region Sports Shop
    August 2, 2014

    Parmachenee Wulff

          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...

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  • Doodle bug dry fishing fly a Maine classic great for pond fishing
    July 1, 2014

    Doodle Bug

      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...

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  • Tri-Color - Rangeley Region Sports Shop
    June 10, 2014

    Tri-Color

    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...

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  • Quill Gordon classic Catskill style dry fly
    May 1, 2014

    Quill Gordon

    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...

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  • Cased Caddis was originated by Gary LaFontaine
    April 1, 2014

    The Cased Caddis - Fly of the Month

    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...

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