Peter Ross This is one of the most famous wet fly patterns today. As the story goes it was invented around 1890’s by Peter Ross from Killin located at the western head…
CDC & Elk Brilliant pattern by Hans Weilenmann. CDC & Elk is one that should be found in all boxes when you are going to fish in places with caddisflies. Fast to…
Randall Kaufmann created Kaufmann’s Stone that has become a standard pattern on imitating large stonefly nymphs. This is one of the many versions I’ve tied inspired by that pattern. I tied and…
This fly named after the legendary Catskill fisherman Theodore Gordon is still one of the most well known dry flies around the world. Inspired by the British dry flies of the period…
Catskill region in America has a unique history when it comes to dry flies. Many famous patterns and tyers originate from the river banks of the Catskill rivers and some of the best known belong to the Dette family.
Getting the slim and wide profile of a Heptagenia mayfly nymph with enough weight has been always an issue and the Clinger & Crawler beads solve this issue better than anything I’ve used in the past.
Bergman Fontinalis. An interesting pattern tied in honor of Ray Bergman as the name obviously suggests. Bergman’s friend Phil Armstrong designed and named the pattern and it’s part of the trout fin…
Olive Witch. This is my favorite modification of Carrie Stevens pattern I’ve done. It’s of course a color variant of the famous Golden Witch that we’ve featured before. Sorry about the quality…