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The Michigan Stone – a productive Yellow Sally Stonefly
Created by Paul Young likely sometime in the 1940s, the Michigan Stone is an imitation of the small Yellow Sally stonefly commonly found in many eastern waters. From Mike Valla’s “Tying the Founding Flies” from 2015, the Michigan Stone is a simple Yellow Sally dry fly imitation tied in a #16-18. This is the 15th…
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Fly Fishing Big Run in the Savage River State Forest
With the main Savage River blown out for the latter half of May (2025), I took a short drive up to fish some of the small brook trout tributaries on the upper Savage. Big Run is one of the smaller waters, about 15-20 feet wide in a good stretch, but it does have a breeding…
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The Royal Coachman – THE most iconic American dry fly
What do you think of when you try to envision the all-time classic American dry fly? Some will think the Adams or maybe any Catskill dry fly. Some might even say the Elk Hair Caddis, which I do think is moving into legendary status. But a lot of people would think this one– the Royal…
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The Adams – the quintessential dry fly that changed fly fishing forever
One summer day in 1922, two attorneys from Lorraine, Ohio were fishing on the Boardman River in northern Michigan. There was a mayfly hatch going on that morning but they weren’t having any luck matching it. So they go see their friend Leonard Halladay who lived in nearby Mayfield, Ohio. Len Halladay ran a hotel…