December 2022 Fly of the Month – Katterman

Katterman This fly was developed by iconic Catskill tyer Walt Dette.  It combines the features of several successful patterns; the Renegade and the Brown Bivisible.  When palmering the body hackle make sure that it does not hide or mat down the peacock herl body. Hook : Dry fly; #12 –

November 2022 Fly of the Month – Krusty Rusty

Krusty Rusty The rusty spinner is one of the most important spent wings in your fly box.  It can represent the adult stage of many different mayfly species, especially olives.  If fishing out west, it is imperative to have them in sizes 16 – 20 for the various and numerous

October 2022 Fly of the Month – Lady Heather

Lady Heather Designed by Gary LaFontaine, the Lady Heather belongs to a group of patterns that he called “BS” flies.  In this case Gary meant “before scuba”.  Known for donning scuba gear to observe the trout’s reaction to his creations, he developed this fly early in his career by trial

September Meeting at Cora’s

Due to the weather forecast, the meeting on September 13 at 5:30 has been moved to upstairs at Cora’s Restaurant in Hawley.

September 2022 Fly of the Month – Lo-pro Stone

September 2022 Fly of the Month – Lo-pro Stone While fishing the Yellow Stonefly egg laying flights on the Lackawaxen, I experienced some nights the trout would refuse the usually reliable Lacky Stimulator.  This would be a particular problem when fishing the calmer water of the pool.  When this happened,

August 2022 – Magic Owl

Magic Owl – August 2022 Fly of the Month I received an e-mail from Jay Cannavo suggesting that I watch a video of a fly being tied by Lindsay Simpson.  The fly called the Magic Owl is tied in large sizes for fishing lakes in Europe.  To view the video,

Brookfield Announces Change to Boating Release Schedule

Brookfield Renewable, owner and operator of the Wallenpaupack Hydroelectric Plant, announcestoday the potential to miss upcoming scheduled boating releases on the Lackawaxen River due to maintenance activities being performed at the hydroelectric plant. On or after July 1, Brookfield Renewable is required to offer eight boating releases with flows of

July 2022 – Malone Skater

 Malone Skater This simple fly was first shown to me in the early 70s by the late Russ Malone.  I don’t fish it often but sometimes it does seem to attract fish to the surface when others fail.  What the fish take a skater (often called a spider) for is

June 2022 – Unusual Emerger

Unusual Emerger Borrowing the concept of using snowshoe rabbit foot hair from Fran Betters’ Usual, western tyer Howard Cole developed a fly with a good mix of imitative form and unkempt appearance necessary for an effective emerger pattern.  The recipe here is for the PMD but by changing size and

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