A "Meat and Potatoes" fly. Big, juicy, black and with flashy wings and long rubber legs it is indeed an "Unidentified Flying Object." It doesn't look like anything in particular but to the trout it must look like food and a good sized
Most hoppers have a gray, tan or olive underbody that is smooth and shiny. This pattern fills the bill for the natural insect better than most. It rides low in the water just like the natural, is almost impossible to sink, and casts
I don’t know how many times I had a red ant save my day! There’ll be a hatch on and I’ll try emergers, duns, parachutes and nothing works. I’m tying to catch a fish
This is a fly tier's dream. With a little practice one of these beetles can be tied in a few minutes with any color body desired. The best way to describe this beetle pattern
This imitation of a wood-boring beetle has often proved to be a real winner. I do not know how frequently these beetles end up in a trout stream but I do know that very few trout
This pattern was originally designed for a fellow from New Zealand who asked me to tie an imitation for the Manuka (Gum) beetle that is prevalent there at certain times of the
This has been fished from California to New Zealand. You can tie it in olive, tan or even red colors, as they do in New Zealand. I've fished it all over and it does great everywhere!
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