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Greenwell's Spider Soft Hackle
Traditionally this pattern was designed to imitate what they call the Olives, and tied in olive. Cannon Greenwell and James Wright are the originators of this pattern and it is still one of the most popular North Country Spider patterns to this day. I have taken that to be like a Green Drake, or green Mayfly. The charts I've seen for this range from size 10 to size 16. I tie and fish them in sizes 10 through 20 to fish during Green Drakes, Flavs, and BWOs. I've also tied it in a Rusty Brown for a March Brown Spider...
USO (Unidentified Sinking Object) Nymph
This is a favorite of ours to tie and fish. We enjoy it so much because it is such a visually stunning pattern, quick to tie, and deadly effective. We love the darker colors in the wintertime combined with a metallic bead to garnish attention, but it will work in a myriad of color combinations to your hearts content. We fish it as a searching attractor nymph, or in color combos to match Mayfly Nymphs in a variety of sizes from 12 through 16 on your favorite jig hook and slotted tungsten bead. We love fishing this in a two...
MSU Mini Hopper
Hoppers in the summertime can be so much fun to fish. The aggressive eats on the top are enough to make a grown man smile, and this one here giggle like a kid again. As I began my tying experience though, I was scared and intimidated to tie them. This pattern is one that is a must have in your box because it is effective, versatile, durable taking a beating, and a quick tie. This is why we classify this as one of our Guide Series Flies. These patterns are so fun to tie and fish. This pattern can be...
Biot Body PMD (Pale Morning Dun) Soft Hackle Emerger
When fishing the summer months you want to have a collection of PMD fly patterns in your box from nymphs, dries, emergers, or cripples. This pattern for the emerger is deadly effective, when fished all by itself on the swing, or drifted trailing behind a dry fly pattern through a riffle or to rising fish. We classify this as one of our Guide Series Flies because it is extremely effective, durable, and quick to tie. These kinds of flies are a must have in your box. We love the segmented look a biot gives the fly, for a realistic feel...
Salvation Ant
The Salvation Ant is a sunken ant pattern tied to fish below the surface. Ants are one of the most prolific food sources during the warmer months with an over abundance of them scattered along any stream, river bed, in the trees, or bushes falling into the water. Because of that they are an extremely effective bug to fish. Not every ant will remain on the surface until eaten though, and many will become submersed in the water dropping into the fishes feeding zone. This makes a sunken ant pattern a must have in every anglers box. This one is...
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