This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Mike Kinney’s Reverse Spider.
I was asked recently if I would tie the Reverse Spider for a client and thought it would make a great TBT fly. So today I sat down and tied one.
I believe the fly pattern he provided was from Les Johnson’s Sea Run: Complete Guide to Fishing Sea-Run Cutthroat Trout (1979).
Here is a front view of a size 12 fly.
Kinney originally tied the fly for sea-run cutthroat trout on the Stillaguamish River.
The technique used to tie the fly allows it to “breathe” as it is fished in the current.
The Reverse Spider is a style of fly and can be tied in different color bodies as well as using Mallard, Wood Duck, Teal, and Gadwall for the hackle.
Enjoy…go fish, stay safe!
John, this is John Storfold, from the Southern Oregon Fly Fisher. I am the fly tying chair for the club and have been since 2008. As I am charged with putting a fly in the newsletter each month, as you know it get harder and harder to come up with new flies. Would you mind if every now and then I use one of the flies from your blog with the promiss that I give credit to you?
Thanks for you time and thanks for your blog. Always interesting to read and I learn from it.
Hi John
Thanks for leaving a Comment…email sent.
John