This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Spade fly. During the late 1960’s, Bob Arnold of Seattle, WA developed the Spade fly. It was designed for low water steelhead fishing with the buoyant materials used to tie the fly. The fly incorporates peacock in the body for attraction and a soft hackle for movement….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine EZ2C Stonefly. The LaFontaine EZ2C Stonefly is a fly found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. This is an interesting fly pattern in that colored foam is used as an overbody over the dubbed body….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Drunken Sailor. The Drunken Sailor is a fly found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. This fly is based on Gary’s theory about “off-balance weighting” and how important it is in triggering a strike response. It was…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Fluttering Stone. The Fluttering Stone is a fly found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. Gary credits Nevin Stephenson, who was his guiding partner, for creating the Fluttering Stone. Al tells the story of the collaboration…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine Antron Bi-Visible. The LaFontaine Antron Bi-Visible is a fly found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. As the name of the fly states, antron is used instead of white hackle. The fly is a take-off…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the IOBO Humpy TBT. IOBO are the initials for It Oughta Be Outlawed. Those words in themselves should be all we need to know about the effectiveness of this fly. The IOBO Humpy is credited to Jack Tucker of Pennsylvania, who created this fly pattern in the mid-1990’s….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is LaFontaine’s EZ2C Caddis. LaFontaine’s EZ2C Caddis can be found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al jand Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. The fly can be tied in sizes 8 – 20. This is the third fly from LaFontaine’s Legacy. Other flies I’ve published…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is LaFontaine’s Flex Sculpin. The Flex Sculpin can be found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. It’s difficult to see from the picture, but there is a hinge at the mid-section which allows the tail to move…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Montreal, another fly from the Ray Bergman collection. For some reason, I just like the elegance and simplicity of a Bergman wet fly. You can find the Montreal wet fly on Plate No. 6, page 123 of Bergman’s book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing). If you are a…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Delaware Adams TBT. The Delaware Adams was created by Walt Dette for Art Lee to fish on the Delaware River around Hancock, NY. The fly is a cross between two famous classic dry flies; the Henryville Special and the Adams. I found the Delaware Adams in Eric…
