Quote Originally Posted by bowmaker1 View Post
I was just in West Yellowstone but was only able to fish in the Park for a couple of hours Sunday morning. I was on the Madison just inside the west entrance and not catching anything. An older gentleman and his grown daughter came down and parked and were catching fish after fish within minutes. He was kind enough to show me how he was rigged and the fly he was using. It basically consisted of gold glass beads and a wing of what looked like antron. He gave me one and I re rigged and caught 2 whitefish and a rainbow before I had to leave about 30 minutes later. He said he was a local and that fly and a big ugly hopper chernobyl ant were the only two flies he used all summer long. My real question is about the antron. When it got wet or was in the water it seemed to turn blue and had a little iridescence. The antron I have doesn't do this as far as I know, so what do I need to get to replicate this fly, which he told me was fine as long as I didn't give it to any guides.
It would be hard to tell what the wing material might consist of without a photo (hint)...but my guess would be clear Antron. I am fairly certain that I have seen that pattern in Dan Delekta's Shop, above the Madison,just South of Cameron, MT. He had a ton of glass bead body flies stashed in some back bins, in a bunch of colors, tied with Antron wings:

https://www.beartoothflyfishing.com/

This guy posts photos and recipes, from time to time, of patterns developed and used by locals in the Yellowstone area:

http://flyfishyellowstone.blogspot.com/


PT/TB