Re: Truckee River Special
I searched a bunch of sites and Google, and came up with nothing! :?
Re: Truckee River Special
George,
I searched a lot of sites and my conclusion is the Truckee Special must be a very local fly, because even the Nevada sites didn't talk about it or show it.
Sorry!
Doug
Re: Truckee River Special
I called my Dad who lives in Truckee, Ca, he said he has not heard of it. Sorry John
Re: Truckee River Special
Thanks folks, well this fly goes back a ways and may have fallen through the cracks by now. I'll keep watching this thread for anything new.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
Re: Truckee River Special
Well, "Twarn't easy, but I did find "The Truckee Special", but don't know if that's the same as "The Truckee River Special" you're looking for!? I found the description and recipe for it, in a pretty old copy of patterns put out by the now defunct "Sacramento Fly Club". No, picture, sorry, just the recipe.
You looking for the "Truckee River Special", reminds me of running into; "The St.Joe Special", a very popular fly in North Idaho and Western Montana. It's supposed to be "THE" killer fly when fishing for West Slope Cutts on the St.Joe River in north Idaho.
The only problem, with this "St.Joe Special", is every fly shop and "minute mart/tackle store" up and down the river you go into and in 3 fly shops over the border in Missoula........... all carry a dry fly called "The St.Joe Special" and every one of them is completely different!?
Paul
Re: Truckee River Special
Well thank you flybinder ! I would imagine the "Truckee Special" and the "Truckee River Special" could be one and the same but I won't really know untill I have a look at the recipe if you'd like to post it herein. Oh and the materials list would be really helpful also if you found that along with the recipe. Thanks in advance !
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
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I have no idea, if this is the same fly!?!?
I'm only going by what was listed in the old literature that I have, that I mentioned earlier.(Sacramento Fly Club).
What's "odd" is, I also found this SAME, exact, pattern in another old tying book of mine: "Pacific Northwest Fly Patterns", from "Patrick's Fly Shop", (also, now defunct-Spokane Wash.), while looking for the Truckee Special..........called: "The Drunken Duck"!?
So, any one's guess!
Anyhoooo............. here goes! (quoted exactly, from the Sacramento book):
"Truckee Special"
Hook=#10-#12- 3X fine
Body= Yellow tying silk- thin.
After tying in silk, add- B.D. gray hackle, palmered, trim top and bottom after on body.
Wing=Grey squirrel tail hair, 2 times length of body.
(w/hackles trimmed as described, will float nicely, flat on water's surface).
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Re: Truckee River Special
Trimming the hackle so it sits in the surface film? Looking forward to a photo.
Doug
Re: Truckee River Special
Well it's certainly a place to start flybinder, thank you very much.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose