January 2024 Fly of the Month – Griffith’s Gnat Emerger

Griffith’s Gnat Emerger Another great midge pattern from Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone Montana.  It imitates an impaired midge struggling to free itself from its pupal shuck.  The hackle is tied in at the front of the thorax; use only a couple of turns of an undersized feather.  To

December 2023 Fly of the Month – Double Wing Caddis

Double Wing Caddis The Double Wing Caddis is Kelly Galloup’s way of making the popular and highly effective X-caddis more imitative from the trout’s perspective.  The addition of a second wing produces that effect when viewed from underneath.  The shuck is only 1/4 the body length and the rear wing,

November 2023 Fly of the Month – Egg Drop Soup Caddis

Egg Drop Soup Caddis This pattern is Kelly Galloup’s variation of the iconic Elk hair Caddis. The noticeable difference is the addition of an egg sac and the elimination of the body hackle which is replaced by a few turns around the thorax only.  Kelly finds that these changes make

October Fly of the Month – Everything Emerger

Everything Emerger Scott Sanchez designed this fly to take the extra critical trout on the Henry’s Fork in Idaho and Flat Creek outside Jackson Hole Wyoming.  These streams are well known for fussy fish that demand a good imitation.  As the name implies the pattern is used in different sizes

September 2023 Fly of the Month – Fluttering White Miller

Fluttering White Miller This fly was developed by the tiers at Blue Ribbon Flies to imitated a prevalent caddis on the Firehole and Madison Rivers in Yellowstone National Park.  It is effective anywhere light colored caddis are active on the surface.  The wings are tied separated and cut to the

August 2023 Fly of the Month – Fox Caddis

 Fox Caddis While watching a YouTube video of Kelly Galloup tying a Double Wing Caddis, I noticed a link to another caddis pattern so I clicked on it.  It was an interesting pattern called the Fox Caddis.  The video was Davie McPhail tying the fly.  After watching I decided to

July 2023 Fly of the Month – Fuzz Ball

Fuzzball This Baetis emerger was originated by Ross Mueller of Wisconsin.  It has proved effective on the spring creeks of southeastern Minnesota.  Ross fishes the fly without dressing.  The excellent buoyant properties of the wing material will keep the pattern floating in the surface film. Hook : Dry fly, #16

June 2023 Fly of the Month – G-Gnat

 G-Gnat A couple of seasons ago fellow TU member Jay Cannavo told me that he was fishing and another fisherman was really having luck with a fly that Jay could only describe as “bushy” .  He asked me if I could come up with a ‘bushy” fly that he could

May 2023 Fly of the Month – Gray Ugly

Gray Ugly This fly is essentially a color variation of the Renegade with the addition of a tail.  The combination of peacock herl and grizzly hackle seems to have a special attracting quality to trout.  When tying, the rear hackle is undersized.  The front hackle is normal for the hook

Lackawaxen River Towpath Cleanup

We have been invited to join with the Lacawaxen River Conservancy, Sons of Norway, and the members of the Baptist Church (Church across from the Pines on the towpath) for a Lackawaxen river clean up.  many hands can make quick work. Saturday, April 24thMile marker 110 on the towpath, The

Restricted Generation on Lackawaxen

From Brookfield Renewable – Safe Waters: Lake Wallenpaupack Hydropower facility will be operating on RestrictedGeneration during spring trout season; starting on April 17, 2021, and continuing until June 12, 2021. The generation will be suspended on Saturdays and Sundays from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM,Restricted generation on Fridays shall extend  3 hours before,  and

Chapter Monthly Meetings Resume April 13!

Join us for our first monthly chapter meeting in many months on Tuesday, April 13 at 6 PM! We will meet at the Picnic Pool, Mile Marker 110, along the Lackawaxen River Towpath. Our special presenter will be Sean Whitman, co-owner of “Housefly”, the new flyfishing shop in Hawley. Bring

November 2024 Fly of the Month – Multipurpose Midge

Multi-Purpose Midge Developed by Tom Travis of Livingston, MT to cut down on the proliferating number of patterns he had to carry when fishing the spring creeks of Paradise Valley.  On stream modification with a small pair of scissors transforms the basic pattern into different stages of the natural’s life

October 2024 Fly of the Month – Ausable Caddis

Ausable Caddis This Fran Betters pattern is tied with a heavy hackle so that it can be fished with a skittering action on the fast runs and pocket water of his local Adirondack streams.  A signature characteristic of many of Fran’s flies is an Australian possum body tied using a

September 2024 Fly of the Month – Ausable Cripple

Ausable Cripple The Ausable Cripple was developed by Bucky McCormick of Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone Montana.  Bucky being originally from New York state was familiar with Fran Better’s iconic Ausable Wulff.  He modified the original transforming it into a cripple pattern.  The fly can be fished as an

August 2024 Fly of the Month – Bi-plane

Bi-plane Originally developed by the tiers from Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone MT to imitate a still born baetis dun, this pattern can be adapted to any hatch by changing size, body color and wing color to match the natural.  The Bi-plane as with other “cripple” patterns is most

July 2024 Fly of the Month – Brindle Chute

 Brindle Chute In the Rocky Mountain west the late summer/fall hatches of the Timpanoga hecuba mayfly goes by many names.  Fall Drake, Tan Drake, Drake Mackerel, even the Late Green Drake (there is no green evident in the natural).  In the Missoula region it is simply called the Hecuba.  Chuck

June 2024 Fly of the Month – BWO Halfback Emerger

BWO Half Back Emerger This simple pattern was developed by Mike Lawson, of Henry’s Fork Angler’s in Last Chance Idaho, to fish the prolific olive hatches on the Railroad Ranch section of that river.  Since baetis mayflies are widespread this fly this fly should be universally effective.  As with all

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