July 2020 – Waking Caddis

Waking Caddis Many times when caddis flies are on the water the trout will only take them if the are skittering on the surface. When this happens you’ll need a pattern that you can skate and add life like movement to the fly. I came up with a pattern that

June 2020 – Razor Sally

Razor Sally This is another pattern that uses razor foam for the body of the fly. The yellow sally stonefly is smaller than its larger cousins but is still an important fly for fly fishermen. I have seen this fly on larger waters like the Lacky, Delaware and Lehigh and

May 2020 – Razor BWO

Razor BWO The guys at Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone, MT seem to come up with new fly patterns year after year. This year’s new patterns developed by Aaron Freed were called razor mayflies. The material used for the body of the flies are the reason for the name.

April 2020 – Speckled Midge

Speckled Midge This is another Chauncey Lively pattern called the speckled midge. This fly is designed to represent flies of the order Diptera. This fly is not meant to imitate a specific insect but to used as a general pattern whenever midges are on the water. Lively’s method of tying

March 2020 – Fore ‘n’ Aft Gnat

Fore ‘n’ Aft Gnat I got this pattern from Chauncey Lively’s Fly Box book. Flies that belong to the order Diptera are sometime grouped together and called midges by fly fishermen. Many fly fishermen don’t like to fish midge flies due to their small size and difficulty in seeing the

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