Hello,
I am trying to get some information on a fly. It is called a “Rio grande”. I saw a fly of the week on your website called a “Rio grande King trude”. Is this the same fly? Have you ever heard of a “cutthroat” fly or a “bluebottle”?? These were names of flies from a Charles McDermand book from 1946 titled " Waters of the Golden trout Country"…
Any information is greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time,
Eric Miller
The Rio Grande King Trude could be the same as the Dry Rio Grande King pattern i found in an early Jack Dennis tying manual Eric. Tying instructions are:
Materials: Dry Rio Grande King
Thread: Black monocord
Hook: Mustad 7957B, 3906, or 3906B (or equivalent…my note)
Sizes: For large streams and lakes: 2 through 8. For small streams 10 through 16.
Tail: Golden pheasant tippets.
Body: Black chennile.
Wing: White duck quills or white calftail.
Hackle: Brown neck hackle, medium shade.
Head: Black. (which would be thread…my note)
As for the other two patterns, i don’t know those but i’m betting someone here does. Hope this helps a bit.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
The Rio Grande King was originally a wet fly
http://flyanglersonline.com/features/oldflies/part338.php
I started fishing the Rio Grande King some years back (1950). It was sold in a fly shop named Doc Olsen" ( or something like that) in SLC Utah. It became our go to fly and remained so for many years. The difference between the wet fly and the trude was the wing and hook. On the wet fly it was feather or calf tail. On the trude it was calf tail. The trude was tied on a longer shank hook.
According to J. Leonard’s book flies here is some info on :
The cutthroat flY: Wet fly, wing: white, Hackle: Black: Body: Claret Chenille w/gold tip and tail black hackle.
The Blue Bottle Fly
No1 Wing: crow; Hackle: Black; Body: Blue floss with gold rib & tip
No2: Wing: Gray; Hackle: Black; Body: Blue floss w/gold tip.
No 3. Wing: Gray; Hackle: Black; Body: Royal blue floss w/gold tip; Tail Black Hackle fibers.
Tim