This month, there are two flies, but I will talk more about an insect than a fly. The insect is a green caddis called a Rhyacophila, but we just refer to it as a Green Rock Worm. This is the...
This month’s feature fly is the Red Fox Squirrel nymph. The “squirrel” nymph was created over 40 years ago by Dave Whitlock. It is what we call a suggestive pattern, that is, it doesn’t imitate anything totally, but a lot...
The prince is possibly the most effective and widely used attractor nymph in the world. When a new dubbing material called Ice-dub from Hareline was introduced, Mike Mercier from The Fly Shop in California knew he had to use...
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...
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