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Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Cruncher
Written by Russ S Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Cruncher There are only a few flies from my humble beginnings that have stayed with me over the 50 odd years that I have been fly fishing, but the Gold Ribbed Hares Ear in all its various incarnations is one of them. There are...
Green-Tailed Kate Hedgehog
The Kate McLaren is a fly I’ve sung the praises of many times before and the competition borne green-tailed version was one of many variations that came about, however, it’s also one that’s survived and is present in many wild anglers fly boxes. Using “Glowbrite...
Dr. Milne Streamer Fly
Partridge CS17-7X #2 or 4 Heritage Streamer Hook Tag: Four or Five turns of narrow gold tinselTail: Golden pheasant crest feathers curving upward Body: Yellow chenille Wings: Black bear hair followed by 4 gray saddles longShoulder: Brown mallard breast feather...
Blue Devil
Hook: Partridge Carrie Stevens CS15Body: red flossRib: silver tinselBelly: 6 peacock herls past the bend of the hook, sparse white bucktail past the bend of the hookWing: 2 Ewing orange saddles with 2 Ewing blue saddles outside of them and slightly shorter than...
Witch Doctor
Hook: Partridge Heritage Streamer Hook size 2-4 9x or tied as a tandemBody: flat silver tinselBelly: sparse white bucktailUnderwing: 2 golden pheasant crests or yellow goat hairWing: 4 aqua blue hacklesShoulders: yellow macaw or yellow gooseThroat: yellow hackle...
Fly of the Month – Claret Hedgehog
Without doubt one of the most consistent catching flies for wild loch trout is the now modern classic Hedgehog. I have many dressings of these for a host of situations and different waters with this one; the Claret Hedgehog just one of my favourites especially for...
Warrant Officer Streamer Fly
Hook: Partridge Heritage Streamer Hook size 2-6 in 7x or 9xTag: silver tinselBody: red flossRib: silver tinselBelly: yellow temple fox, (originally called for yellow polar bear)Wing: (separate assembly each side) 1 yellow hackle with 1 red grey hackle outside of the...
Dun Wanderer – Mike Martinek Pattern
Partridge CS17-7X #2 Heritage Streamer Hook Tag: Silver flat tinsel 3 turns will doBody: Red flossRib: Silver flat tinsel (medium)Belly: Chartreuse bucktail with white bucktail under it and a golden pheasant crest under the white bucktail.Throat: Red hen...
September Witch a Mike Martinek fly pattern
Hook: Partridge Heritage Streamer Hook size 2-6 in 7x or 9x Body: copper tinselRib: copper wire (doubled and wound on like oval tinsel)Belly: fine orange bucktail with fine white bucktail under thisUnderwing: 6 peacock herlsWing: (seperate assembly each side) 1 claret...
The Tomah Jo, the Favorite Fly of a Maine Indian Guide – By Fred Klein
Tomah Joseph, an Algonquin Indian from the Grand Lake Stream area in Maine was a fly fishing and hunting guide in the 1800’s as well as an elder of the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe. He was written about in Charles Stevens book Fly Fishing in Maine Lakes- Camp Life in...
Allagash Lake Streamer Fly
Partridge CS17-7X #4 Heritage Streamer Hook Tag: Copper flat tinsel 3 turns will doBody: Hot orange flossRib: Silver flat tinsel (medium)Belly: Hot orange calf tail to the bend of the hook with sparse white bucktail slightly longer than the hook below the calf...
Mollidgewock Brook
Partridge CS17-9X #4 Heritage Streamer Hook can be tied in smaller sizes also Tag: Copper flat tinsel Butt: Three turns of ostrich herl Body: Copper flat tinsel Rib: Copper oval tinsel (leading edge) Black ultra-wire small (trailing edge) Belly: Sparse white bucktail...