Madsen's Game Warden SBS

Fly Patterns
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Another Wolverine State fly, this one from Earl Madsen, who guided on the Au Sable River in the mid-1900s. Pretty straightforward tie until I got to the hackle tip wings; gotta find a better way, maybe tie them in before posting up the deer butts?

hook - TMC 5212 #10
thread - UTC 140 hopper yellow
body - Congo Hair light yellow
rib - DMC floss #815 maroon (apparently, this color is the Secret Sauce to the fly)
underwing/post - deer hair
overwing - grizzly hackle tips
hackle - brown/grizzly mix (oversize by 1)

Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 75% mark

tie in rib and wrap back to point above the barb

tie in a hank of CH (or whatever poly yarn you prefer), return thread to 75% mark

wrap body; rib body

clean, stack, measure (extend tips to hook bend) a clump of deer hair; tie in

wrap some non-tox wire around the wing; post up the butts

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Part 2

tie in hackle tip wings (next time, they go in before posting); tie in hackle on post, shiny side out, cup side up

wrap brown hackle, tie off at base of post and repeat, filling the gaps with the grizz; one thread wrap thru the thorax, then half hitch x 2

trim tips and post, SHHAN, spin the Wayback Machine to the Eisenhower administration (or Truman) and go fish for specs in a cedar swamp

dorsal

ventral

Regards,
Scott

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scott you should turn this into a pdf and send to chronicler for fly of the week

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not to be contrary, but don’t posts here serve the same purpose?

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No…posts here eventually disappear.

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ahh understanding dawns on the feebleminded

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Scott, is that a hopper or stonefly imitation?

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Bruce,

I believe it was originally tied as a stonefly.

Regards,
scott