December 2020 – Goober Caddis

  Goober Caddis This pattern by Kelly Galloup is highly regarded as one of the great caddis imitations.  Although originally developed for use on slower water it works very well in faster rougher conditions due to its excellent floating capability.  Note the tie in spot of the wing.  It is

November 2020 – Balloon Hammer Caddis

Balloon Hammer Caddis The Balloon Hammer caddis is an egg laying version of Roman Moser’s Balloon Caddis.  It is a cross between that fly and the Klinkhamer style.  The fly is similar to the parent pattern except for the addition of an egg sac and the use of a curved

October 2020 – BRF Yellow Sally

BRF Yellow Sally Back in the 90’s, Al Bowers, Paul Kurinec and I made many trips out West to fish the rivers in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. Most of the rivers we fished had a hatch of yellow stone flies called Yellow Sally. We found an interesting pattern for this

September 2020 – Atherton #5

Atherton #5 John Atherton devised a series of 7 dry flies to match the flies hatching in waters he fished. He tied these flies not to replace patterns that were popular at the time like the Hendrickson. Red Quill, Adams, and Light Cahill but to better match the flies he

August 2020 – Atherton #2

Atherton #2 While reading an article about fishing the Beaverkill by Mike Valla in the July/August issue of Eastern Fly Fishing he mentioned that two successful patterns he used were the Atherton No. 2 and No. 5 dry flies. Since these are tied in the classic Catskill style, and I

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