Man, so many versions to be found. I had a couple that I had tyed a few years ago that I had good luck with last year and a friend I gave one too was having good luck with it this year, so I decided to tye up a few, but I didn’t have a copy to go by,so, no problem right? Just look on here, my books, google…lol There has to be a about a dozen different versions I have found so far, crazy, I live on the East coast and thought that would be simple just search For an Eastern March Brown but that didn’t prove to be so simple… I finally found the version that looks like the one I have been useing…
Dressings
* Hook : 8 - 10 (x1 shank sometimes used)
* Thread : Orange
* Tail : Reddish brown hackle barbs
* Body : Tan red fox belly fur
* Wing : Heavily barred lemon wood duck flank
* hackle : Brown and grizzle mixed
Country of Origin:
America - Catskills
Do any of you folks use this fly and if so, what version (Dry Fly) do you use?
I use a March Brown Sparkle Dun unless I’m fishing in fast water - then I use a more traditional (Catskill) tie, heavily hackled, like your pattern. This body color seems to work really well in Northcentral and central PA, western MD, and in western and central NY. The wing color doesn’t need to be so precise. But, I should also say that I 've seen noticebly darker duns on certain streams…
A good fishing friend once said " The wing brings 'em up, and the body takes 'em." I think he was right…
I use the same tie as found in Art Flick’s “Streamside Guide”. I tie Catskill style wets and dries almost exclusively now and always tie the Catskill Style mayflies as they were originaly created.
QG great video thank you, RPM, yep, the ones I had where heavy hackle fished in rough water. RW, now that you mention it, I’m pretty sure I have one of ART Flicks books buried in my stuff some where, bet thats where I got the recipe for the fly I had…
Nick Pionessa of Oak Orchard introduced these styles to me a couple years ago. He’s a real artist and world-class tyer at matching the hatches in our area. I can tell you that these patterns really do work well on many streams in the northeast & north atlantic states.
