On the wall in a picture frame is an old set of 16 flies on a fishing graphics imprinted blue carboard backing under some yellowing heavy cellophane. it's listed as a No. 9 set of dry flies. The fly in the top right hand corner is a white miller as in the article. Seems back in the 60's there were a few of these in another similar assortment, & after trying everything else, tied on a white miller for smallmouth fishing. From then on in the late summer it was the ONLY fly to have ! Jumping a couple of decades forward, this fly has now become more like a white wulff: with a white calf tail tail, assorted white dubbing body, white calf body hair wings & a badger hackle. It's about the only fly during the "snowstorm hatch" that has produced bass on every cast; and we would refer to it as a white miller because that was the not so scientific name of the hatch on the rivers. Fantastic fly for fishing then, but out done by it's newer version now.The White Miller is in the upper right hand corner below the newer dry.White Miller Flies 002.jpg
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