February 2014 – Crippled Caddis

This pattern was created by West Yellowstone guide Rowan Nyman to be an imitator of defective emerging caddis. I have also had success using it as a general searcher/attractor. The wing is tied in at the normal position.. The butts are left long as shown in the photo. The wing

January 2014 – Buzz Ball

Gary LaFontaine created this simple pattern to represent a small clump of midges. During heavy hatches of these diminutive insects trout will switch from taking individual flies and grab a mating cluster when it floats by. This fly in sizes 12 and 14 can be very effective in that situation.

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