Month: August 2020
Your Original Designs
Hello fly tiers and friends of the channel! I’ve started a new series with the intent of tying and featuring some original creations from the…
Thunderhead Dry Fly – Appalachian/Great Smoky Mountain Trout Pattern
This Smoky Mountain original is attributed to Fred Hall of Bryson City, North Carolina. Jesse Jamerson may have brought the fly back from Wyoming but…
Yellow Bellied Nymph – Appalachian/Great Smoky Mountain Trout Pattern
There is not a lot known of the history of this nymph pattern other than that it emerged in the 1950 out of Robbinsville, North…
Elk Hair Caddis – Fly Tying Al Troth’s Original
One of the most popular (and effective) American flies, the Elk Hair Caddis can be considered a searching dry fly pattern as it resembles the…
Olive Stimulator Dry Fly
This very buggy stonefly imitation can be tied in several variants to match a local stonefly hatch, to imitate a terrestrial grasshopper, or even as…
Stanley’s Grizzly – Appalachian Trout Flies
An original Great Smoky Mountain pattern created by Stanley Tuttle of Lenoir, NC, this year-round fly can be fished as a streamer or wet fly….
Michigan Stone Dry Fly – From Tying the Founding Flies
The Michigan Stone dry fly is a 1950s pattern created by Paul Young who came up with it on Michigan’s Au Sable River. Brought to…
Hardy’s Favorite Wet Fly
Created by John James Hardy, of the famous British tackle outfit, in 1872, this pattern has had a lot of success for almost 150 years….
George Nymph – Fly Tying Appalachian/Great Smoky Mountain Trout Flies
Created by Eddy George of Louisville, Tennessee in 1955, this “cotton top” nymph is a good searching nymph or stonefly imitation. This nymph has been…
Smoky Mountain Near Nuff – Appalachian/Great Smoky Mountain Trout Patterns
This Great Smoky Mountain fly pattern was listed in Roger Lowe’s seminal book and has been a popular and effective fly in the region since…
