By Barbless Editor Materials for Gray Ugly (purchase using links): • Hook: Daiichi 1180 #8-18 • Thread: Danville Gray 6/0• Tip: Silver Tinsel• Body: Peacock Herl• Rib: Fine Silver Wire• Hackle: Grizzly Hackle• Tail: Grizzly Hackle Fibers Materials for Beaded Gray Ugly: (purchase using links) • Hook: Daiichi 1180, sizes 12-14• Thread: Uni-thread Gray 8/0• […]
The Chironomid Suspender is a good emerger pattern when fish are feeding just below the surface. The CDC will allow the fly to floatjust below the surface. The fly will sit in the water at an angle just like a natural Chironomid. The CDC is often presented as the wing, yet itreally represents the gills
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by Ken Burkholder, Boise, ID. Fish this big Royal Coachman variant during grasshopper season or when the big stoneflies are popping. Ken Burkholder recommends fishing this pattern and his Undertaker TM with a loop knot to increase their movement on the surface of the water. “This fly was a new creation for 2002,” says Burkholder.
By Ken Moore, Education Committee For some, the reason we go fishing is to put fish in the net. The tug may be the drug but there is nothing better than seeing that fish in the net up close and personal. We were taught to set that hook, raise the rod high, and hope to
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By Doug Keene A useful version of one of the more common flies for lake and river use, the Olive Willy, especially in Northwestern Lakes, and some even have some luck in Idaho and Montana rivers and streams. This version uses UV active thread and chenile with holographic accents for an added punch for the more
By Doug Keene One of the best flies to use when others are not working on local rivers of the Northwest is the foam beetle. There are many variations on this look-alike fly, but this basic design is easy to tie, is quite hardy, and fast enough to tie that you can create lots of them
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by Skip Morris “SMP” is an acronym for “Skip Morris Pan-Fish” (fly) and is intended as that only, so please don’t look for other acronyms in these letters, especially in reverse order. I designed the SMP for bluegills lying too deep for surface or near-surface flies, and for that it’s been deadly. It’s also proved
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By Chet Allison Hook: Mustad 9672 or Dai-Riki 710 size 8-10 Thread: UNI black, 8/0-6/0 Rib: Copper wire, counter wound Body: Dyed yellow Pheasant rump feather the real long ones. Hackle: Dyed yellow Pheasant rump feather the real long ones I was introduced to this fly by Mike Runje in the late 70’s while fishing
by David Marshall The name derives from the helicopter used in the old TV Program “Riptide”. “Just liked the sound of the name.” The UV2 Guinea Fowl feathers may be found at Sportsman’s Warehouse, or Hobby Lobby (Hair feather section), or online. They are often hard to find but worth the search. Czech Glass Beads can also
Materials: •Hook: Partridge PXGRS15ST, #12 or TMC 5263 #12 •Thread: Danville 6/0 Olive Dun •Head: Arizona Minnow Hair – Olive (covered with Epoxy and Clear Nail Polish) •Body: Arizona Diamond Hair- Minnow Blue, Arizona Diamond Hair- Olive/Tan •Eyes: Adhesive Eyes John Rohmer of Arizona Flyfishing in Tempe, AZ. The Troutfitter of Mammoth Lakes requested Solitude
