March Brown by Bob Jacklin

[Byron haugh]

Hi,

For those who might not know Bob Jacklin, he is a long, long-time guide and shop owner in West Yellowstone. A man of slight stature, but more exuberance than probably anyone I know.

Anyway, I think his March Brown nymph is about the best I've seen and I thought I would share a pic of it with you.

Thanks for looking:

[pittendrigh]

Bob's fun to watch at tying seminars. At the end he takes requests. Will tie any fly anybody ever heard of. That's not easy to do.


==>a few more Jacklin fly pics<==

[Ray]

Nice tie!!

[lastchance]

I agree. I have one of his originals he gave me at a show in Somerset, NJ, one year. I fished his pattern this year and had a blast.

[branhap]

Bob is one of the nicest guys out there. Having the pleasure to speak with him in his shop a couple of years ago. The guy is just wonderful to speak with.

[John Rhoades]

I wasn't aware that Bob Jacklin is no longer tying flies commercially. He tied several dozen flies for a friend of mine 2-3 years ago, of which I got approximately 2 dozen. Mine include a half dozen green drake duns, a half dozen green drake spinners, and a half dozen large parachute spinner pattern of Jacklin's origin.

[Byron haugh]

I wasn't aware anyone said he wasn't still tying??? I bought several of his flies last summer. He simply charges a bit of a premium for those he ties as opposed to the imports.

My somewhat feeble attempt at his pattern:

[pittendrigh]

I don't think Bob ties many of the flies found in the fly bins in his shop anymore. But I don't think he ever stops tying. You can tell how much he loves it when he's doing it. He beams like a light beacon. If you want flies actually tied by Bob you just have to talk to him.

[Byron haugh]

He still ties plenty. His flies are in the bins. His are marked by being stuck through a little yellow tag. His are about 50-75 cents more is all.

[AlanB]

Its good to hear that a premium tied fly can still attract a premium price.

Cheers,
A.