Missing Link Mike Mercer came up with this pattern after having frustrating fishing during a spent caddis hatch. When the fish were really feeding on spent caddis he had little luck with the standard spent or dying caddis patterns. He came up with a pattern called the Missing Link. At
Tilt Wing Kelly Galloup has come up with a unique way of tying parachute flies so that the hackle doesn’t come undone. He calls his flies a Tilt Wing. The secret to this pattern is that the wing is not tied in as a post but instead is tilted towards
Uncle Tom Olive A previous FOM was the Uncle Tom Sulfur. This is the second fly that Tom showed us, a fly that he said was the only fly he used when the BWO’s were hatching. It is tied in a similar manner as the sulfur pattern he showed us
Found Link Kelly Galloup was looking for a pattern to represent a transitional dun, the stage between an emerging insect and the dun stage. He came up with a pattern that he calls the found link. He also found out that this pattern also could be used as a spinner
Mamu Spinner This pattern was originally designed to be used when large mayfly spinners were on the water. The fly could be used during a March Brown spinner fall and even during a brown drake spinner fall. By adjusting the size of the hook this fly could be used to
Moore’s Compara Buzz Fly Joe Moore of West Yellowstone, MT has came up with a pattern called the Moore’s Compara Buzz fly. He took the inspiration for this fly from Gary Lafontaine’s Buzz Ball fly ( a previous FOM) Joe added a compara dun wing and a sparse tail. He
