This month’s fly was created many years ago by a long time resident of Upper Dam, Wes Miller. Like many flies, it was developed to copy something observed in nature and tinkered with over time to get the final product....
Hook - 94840 dry fly hook sizes 10-18 Thread color to match body, 8/0 Tail - Z-lon, antron, or tri-lobel yarn Body - antron, antron mix dubbing Wing - deer hair The X-Caddis gives...
Hook – 94840 #12 – 16Thread – brown 8/0 or smallertail – brown hackle fibersbody – reddish brown stripped quillthorax – rust rabbit dubbingwing post – grey turkey flat featherhackle – brown, parachute style This pattern is from the John...
This month’s fly is the Kennebago Smelt. It was created by Bud Wilcox of Rangeley and is best described in his own words: “I first tied the Kennebago Smelt either in 1951 or 1952. This fly I worked to get...
Hook – 94840 sizes 6-14 Thread – gray Tail & wing – deer hair Body – blue-gray yarn hackle – light dun The Kennebago Wulff was created by Bud Wilcox of Rangeley. Bud was a long time tier and supplier...
This month’s fly is one of my favorites – the Hornberg Dry. The hornberg is perhaps one of the most versatile flies around. Many have fished a wet hornberg with its grizzly soft hackle and maybe even junglecock eyes The...
hook : 9674 or 9672 sizes 4 – 12thread: GSP 100 or other strong thread, color to match hairbody: gold tinseltail: mallard flankwing: mallard flank featherunderwing: gray squirrel hairhead & collar: spun deer hair The Kennebago Muddler was developed...
The Klinkhamer is the most effective and user friendly emerger I know of. It is a parachute design with a very visible post that the fisherman can easily see. I use it during the Hendrickson and march Brown hatches that...
The Golden Retriever was originated in the Shenandoah River Valley in Virginia. It is tempting to call it a type of wooly bugger, but there are some distinct differences between the two patterns. My first experience with this pattern was...
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