September 2010 – Hairwing Dun

Developed by Rene Harrop for use on the Henrys Fork this pattern is easily tied and can be adapted to any hatch. Start by dubbing a small amount of material at the tail position. Use this to split the tails. Move forward and tie in the hackle 1/3 body length

August 2010 – Cream Variant

The Cream Variant has been around since the early days of fly fishing in this country. It can be used as a general searching pattern or as an imitation of the various light colored flies that hatch in our area. In the past I’ve used it with great success on

July 2010 – Mr. Rapidan

This Wulff style fly was conceived by Harry Murray of Edinburg, VA. It is very popular on the mountain freestone streams of the Blue Ridge and southern Appalachians. Perhaps it will prove effective in our waters. The pattern can also be tied parachute style with a single post wing. When

June 2010 – Henryville

The Henryville (a.k.a. Henryville Special) was created years ago by Hiram Probst of Palmerton, PA and named after the famed section of Brodhead’s Creek. It has remained a popular and effective caddis imitation ever since. My version has a dubbed body instead of the original floss. I also tie the

May 2010 – Renegade

This most popular (and one of the oldest) fore and aft patterns was first tied in Idaho c.1928 by Taylor Williams. The original had two white hackles, but after fishing it for several seasons Taylor decided that a version with the rear hackle brown was more effective. He christened it

April 2010 – Purple Haze

Several years ago Andy Carlson of Stevensville Montana developed a series of patterns based on the popular Parachute Adams. Of the all the color variations experimented with the most successful and seemingly most unlikely one was the Purple Haze. This fly has become a standard addition to all fly boxes

March 2010 – March Brown Nymph

This fly is tied and fished by Fred Donatelli, PWTU Member and guide for River View Outfitters. Fred says to use the fly around the march brown season (usually mid May here in PA and NY). An effective way to fish it is to tie it as a dropper 8

February 2010 – DOA Sulfur

Invented by Craig Matthews at Blue Ribbon Flies, the DOA is a sulfur cripple pattern. To tie, wrap back to bend and tie in amber antron. Dub the body. Tie in white antron for the wing over the hook eye. Wrap under the antron to set the wing at a

January 2010 – Crystal Meth

This is an easy pattern to tie and I have had great success using it for steelhead. I have even caught trout locally on it as well. Start by wrapping the hook with thread, then tie in the tail. A few pieces of flash will do. Next use a 5”-6”

December 2009 – Bowers Hendrickson

One day during the Hendrickson Hatch I was fishing the upper end of Pohopoco Creek and ran into a tremendous emergence of the fly. I tried every Hendrickson pattern I normally carry- Comparaduns, Traditional, Thorax – nothing worked. In a far corner of my chestbox I found some flies tied

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