This is one of the simplest hopper patterns to tie, and in my opinion works just as well as the ones tied with deer hair or hackle feathers. The one downside is that there’s no high-vis foam or yarn on top, so if you’re casting really far, or in super riffly water, this won’t be […]
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Standard dry fly hook size 14 -18 Tail- lemon colored wood duck flank Body- yellow goose biot Wing- light dun or white CDC feather
Tiny ant flies are often a saviour in summer months, and this super easy pattern is a must have in every dry fly box. The only time I ever got to meet George Harvey, he was speaking at a Trout Unlimited meeting in State College, and he brought a small plastic container full of these
One of the most fun dry flies to tie, the stimulator can represent anything from a stonefly to a caddis to a grasshopper. Originated by Randall Kaufmann, this fly can be tied in a variety of sizes and colors. Here we have a green body (though not very visible under the hackle) and an orange
A slight variation on the original Royal Wulff, this parachute version is no better or worse, but probably a little easier to see in rougher water, which is where the Royal Rulff really shines anyway.
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The Yellow Sally is tied to imitate the adult stage of the stonefly insect known as the Isoperla, however I’ve found that it also works as an effective attractor pattern, even when the Isoperla is nowhere in sight.
This is the version I most commonly tie, though there are many variations that work just as well. One thing that I’ve found key is to make sure that the body is dubbed very sparsely so that the red thread comes through when the fly is wet.
