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Mao -
The Clark's stonefly pattern is a real classic. The first adult salmonfly pattern I tied was a Clark's, and I recall a very good day fishing it on the Henry's Fork. The first adult golden stone pattern I tied was also a Clark's, and there was an evening fishing it on the Salmon River not too far downstream of Stanley ID that is very memorable.
The basic Clark's stonefly pattern was the basis for the first couple successful FEB flies I came up with - another golden stone and an October caddis. Since then, my approach has evolved - kept the FEB but developed a preference for rubber legs over hackle, and went to foam and deer hair for floatation.
If my FEB skwala adult doesn't produce, I may have to return to the roots, and tie up one of those "seed bead" Clark's.
John
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Byron -
In the proper size, that fly should have a pretty decent chance of hooking up a trout or two. If it didn't, I'd suggest tying it a bit darker.
Conversely, my FEB skwala may prove to be a bit on the dark side. It it doesn't catch trouts as tied, the first thing I am going to do is go to natural deer hair for the wing, then to lighter hair for the bullethead, and then to lighter colors for the FEB, if necessary.
John
P.S. Scott will post the new weekly FOTW sometime later today.
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Gave it another go. Used bucktail for the overwing; deer hair and web hair for the underwing. It looks more like this insect (based on photos I've seen posted about the internet).
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMG_2764.jpg
