Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Soft Hackle Wet, Jerome Coviello FFIhttps://www.flyfishersinternational.org/ Hook: Mustad 3906Thread: Brown 6/0 or 8/0Tail: Wood Duck Flank FeathersRib: Oval Gold TinselBody: Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Mask Dubbing FurHackle: Brown Partridge Body Feathers VIDEO: Watch this video for more info (Click Link)
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By Ken Moore, Chairman Picture the ultimate wild river; roaring whitewater, horizons notched by snow-capped peaks, corridors of evergreen forests, bear and elk sporadically roaming the riverbank, trout surfacing on the water, and not another human in sight. This is Idaho’s Wild and Scenic Selway River. The 98-mile-long Selway is known as one of America’s
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Nason Ridge Protected at Last! By Ken Moore, Chairman After four years of hard work, Western Rivers Conservancy, Chelan County, and Chelan Douglas Land Trust successfully created Nason Ridge Community Forest. Washington’s newest community forest now spans 3,714 acres above Lake Wenatchee. It permanently protects two miles of Nason Creek and all of Kahler Creek,
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Conserving a Premier Stretch of the Yakima River. By Ken Moore The Yakima River is one of the West’s premier desert trout streams. It flows 214 miles from Keechelus Lake in the Cascade Mountains to the Columbia River with a glorious 27-mile stretch through the Yakima River Canyon. Here, in a great sea of sagebrush,
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Article by Ken MooreConservation Chairman Volunteers Needed – We plan to support the Spokane Fish Hatchery on September 27 and 28 by clipping fins on 60 thousand rainbow trout. We need six people per day in support of our local fish hatchery. Please email Ken Moore at kenmoore509@gmail.com or call Ken at 509-953-8669 if you
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Mickey Finn by Tim Flagler Beginning Fly Tying By Chet Allison Video Showing Tim Tying This Fly Materials for Mickey Finn: • Hook: Mustad 79840 or 9672 Sizes 4 – 14 • Thread: Black, 8/0 or 70-denier • Rib: Silver oval tinsel, medium. • Body: Gold/Silver Mylar tinsel, medium. • Adhesive #1: Superglue or Z-Ment.
By Chet Allison Adams by Tim Flagler and Orvis https://www.youtube.com/user/tightlinevideo Materials for Gray Ugly (purchase using links): • Hook: Mustad 94840 #12-20 size 16 most common • Thread: Uni thread Black or Gray 8/0• Wing: Grizzly Hackle Tips• Body: Muskrat Dubbing, Nat. Gray or Adams gray Super Fine Dubbing• Hackle: Grizzly Hackle• Tail: Brown and
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.
