Gray squirrel and dun flymph - Fly of the Week - December 14, 2009

[rtidd]

FLY OF THE WEEK - GRAY SQUIRREL AND DUN FLYMPH

I really like simple flies. If a fly is easy to tie and catches fish, then it?s probably going in my fly box. Last September I was asked to teach Kat Hise (Ron Hise?s wife and Jack?s Sister-in-Law) how to tie a fly. As I sat in the Rumpus room of the Three Rivers Resort I tried to think up a simple fly that would be easy for her to learn, plus have a few different steps so she could try some varying tying techniques. The fly I came up with is a Gray Squirrel and Dun Flymph.

[JeffHamm]

Hi REE,

That's a great looking pattern, and some nice tips on sturdy construction of the hackle too.

- Jeff

[rons81]

Hey REE ! Great fly, tutorial and story. Thanks

[Steven McGarthwaite]

Ron: Great bit of writing, and good photos also! Thank you for this this weeks "FOTW" article!

The other "Fly Of The Week" article by Ron is the "Cased Caddis". I have both available for download, in PDF format (requires the free Adobe Reader download, available on the internet) for viewing. Then you do not have to be OnLine, to view the article while tying! Just my way of "Paying Forward" for all the help I have received over the past 12 years, on FAOL! Now in its 13th year, there is a unbelievable amount of information on fly fishing on this site!

I have my old computer, not able to handle broadband, that I now use in my fly fishing room (furnace room), and transfer FAOL fly patterns to, for dressing hooks.

~Parnelli
(Chartered Member of "Friends of FAOL")

I have all the "Fly of the Week" articles available of download, as well as most of the other FAOL Fly Patterns scattered around the FAOL site. If I do not have the article you need, I can format a PDF version for download very quickly. parnelli@comcast.netq

[Rex S]

Ron,
Nice looking, fish catching, easy tying fly. Thanks for sharing. What size is your favorite?
Rex

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Thanks for the compliments, folks. I love the easy ones.

RexS, Though I tie this and it's colorful cousins in several sizes, a size 14 seems to be the magic fish taking number. Of course size 14's also seem to be the magic number on many of the old North Country flies I use, so maybe it's just a confidence thing.

REE