Byron, I used to tie a stacked-wind caddis like that one years ago. I do like the flav pattern. I was on the Ranch on the 4th (during and after the late afternoon gully-washer storm . The flavs started popping almost immediately after the rain stopped and then the fish were up and on them. We were the only ones on the river for an hour before the flood gates opened and a mob descended upon us. That hour was magical! Here is the pattern I used to catch my fish that evening:
It sounds like you're having a great time up on the mountain. I appreciate your reports.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"
Thanks Kelly.
Nice fly.
When the gusher hit you, we were fishing the Madison. Probably saw you in the parking lot as we usually fished the logjam in the evening. Great that the Madison is only a little over an hour from The Ranch!!!
I found a sparkle dun pattern to be effective for the Flavs. I use dyed dun deer hair and an olive body. Shuck either tan/brown or a little yellow/olive.
As an aside, I supplied my son and friends with the sparkle dun pattern that I tied and was working well. When I ran low, I checked both Mike Lawson's and the Trouthunter. Neither shop carried them in a flav.
What I find so interesting is that Craig Matthews and Juracek developed the basic sparkle dun after seeing cripples shining on the water in an eddy at the top of The Ranch!!!!!!!
Last edited by Byron haugh; 07-10-2013 at 10:34 PM.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"
Somebody was recently looking for a Razorback stone pattern. It looks exactly like a Mikulak sedge.
Hi All,
The Razorback Golden is virtually identical to the "Sunken Stone" that is shown in "Fly Patterns of Yellowstone, Volume two" by Craig Mathews and John juracek, that they credit to Nick Nicklas.
Regards,
Gandolf
I tied up a few of the yellow Sunken Stones in relatively smaller sizes last year before my annual summer trip to northern New Mexico, some with elk hair and some with tan Widow's Web (easier for me to tie). The cutthroats in the Costilla didn't seem to care what the wing was made of. They loved them both.
Joe