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Pink Beauty
Pink Beauty from Carrie Stevens Next up on our streamer authorities is Carrie G. Stevens from Maine whose streamers are one of the best recognised today. Carrie begun tying flies 1924 and became well known next year when she came second in the Field & Stream magazines annual contest after catching a record trout with…
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Black Ghost
Black Ghost If I had to list five most well known streamers of all time Black Ghost would no doubt be on that list. Developed by Herbert “Herb” Welch in 1927 it became quickly the go to pattern widely in the US. Herb has today been a bit overshadowed by Carrie Stevens from the same…
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Prince Nymph
Prince Nymph Originally called Forked-tail Nymph and originated in 1930’s by brothers Don & Dick Olson. There are many stories about the name of this fly but to my knowledge Doug Prince started using this fly and had good success with it. Buz Buszek wanted to include the pattern that Prince had tied for him…
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CDC & Elk
CDC & Elk This is a super fast to tie fly that uses only two materials. Created by Hans Weilenmann in the early 90’s it has become really famous around the globe as a universal pattern that works well in most situations. It’s of course a variation of Al Troth’s Elk Hair Caddis which we’ve…
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Copper John
Copper John Invented by John Barr in the mid 90’s. It’s easy to tie and very effective when you need a heavy simple nymph pattern. By changing the color of the Copper Wire you can easily make variations to cover different situations better. Mr. Barr ties his fly to a TMC 5262 2x long nymph…
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Grizzly Streamer
Grizzly Streamer One of my own patterns but it’s so simple that I’m sure there has been exactly the same kind of patterns around. If you know a name and a bit of history for it let me know. It’s tied in the spirit of Carrie Stevens but the proportions are a bit closer to…
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Griffith’s Gnat
Griffith’s Gnat A good all-round fly when imitating small insects like midges. It works best in my opinion on hooks from #18-22 but many say it works on smaller sizes as well down to #32. I tied this one on a #16 TMC 100 for photographic purposes and I’ve caught fish with it even on…