Gold Bead GRHE Original The origins of this nymph are way back into the 1800’s and it is a killer whenever olives hatch. GRHE like Gold Bead GRHE Original #14 is perhaps the most recognized, fished, and proven nymph ever tied. The Gold Bead GRHE Original #14 will attract fish…
Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi popularized this style of dry fly in their book “Hatches”. They have remained popular over the years. Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi popularized this style of dry fly in their book “Hatches”. They have remained popular over the years. They float well, are easy to…
Of course, these work for the Blue Winged Olive hatches that are seen throughout the world but we also use them for the small Sulphers that hatch around here in May and June. Also a great choice period when fish are eating small bugs of any kind. The RS2 Blue…
This is just a staple pattern that should be in any trout anglers box. It has really become a “go-to” pattern around here. We use this fly for of course BWOs but also for Sulphers, Pseudocloens and those other pesky tiny bugs that hatch in the late Summer and Fall…
Use this Hi-vis pattern to imitate the Yellow Drake hatches of Summer or use it as a searching/attractor pattern. Although originally designed to imitate the Potamanthus, we use it for Brown Drakes and Green Drakes as well. The Hi-Vis Yellow Drake comes to us from our good friend Bear Andrews.…
One of the first hatches of the season in the East. Classic Catskill style Quill Gordon still catches fish after all these years. A must have in the East in early spring! The Quill Gordon fly is one of the earliest eastern mayfly hatches in the spring. The flies hatch…
Ever since I can remember, I’ve been scratching around the streambed, turning over rocks & studying the little bugs clambering around on their undersides. What first prompted me to go in search and identify the bugs found in the underwater nooks & crannies of the stream bottom; I can’t recall. I…