Fly of the Month
Kennebago Wulff
Posted on October 01 2012
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 of tying supplies in town. When I bought the shop,...
Hornberg Dry
Posted on August 01 2012
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 dry version is heavily hackled with a mixed color hackle...
Kennebago Muddler
Posted on July 01 2012
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 to copy the drakes on Kennebago Lake. It is fished...
Klinkhamer Special
Posted on June 01 2012
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 happen around here in the spring. It is tied in...
Golden Retriever
Posted on May 01 2012
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 accidental. Last fall, a customer came in and asked if...
H&L Variant - Fly of the Month
Posted on March 01 2012
Hook – standard dry fly size 6 – 16Thread – black 8/0Wing - white calf tailTail – white calf tailBody – rear half – stripped peacock herl Front half – peacock herlHackle – brown or furnace I was fishing with a sport one day when he decided he had had...
Partridge & Orange
Posted on February 01 2012
The Partridge & Orange is an old soft hackle pattern. The color can be orange, yellow, grey, or any other that matches the emerging insects that you are copying. It is mostly fished on the swing, but can also be used as a nymph on the bottom of...
