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Various Duns, Royals & Peacocks
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Pale Morning Dun --Traditional Eastern morning hatch -- see also Pale Evening
Dun, and a nice summer mayfly imitation all-round. This yellow-bodied mayfly hatches
throughout the warm weather months. Where it occurs it is a dominant hatch. These duns
ride the surface for extended distances to dry their wings before getting airborne.
Popular with both trout and dry fly anglers.
Pale Morning Dun Parachute
-- Light
floating version of PMD above for the "sky diver" fly fisherman who insists on
parachutes. Tip: Try this one in low light conditions as the white peg wing shows up
well.
Peacock Emerger -- Peacock is one of the most
common, and most successful, materials used in fly construction. This fly has loyal local
followings here, there and everywhere. Put fly floatant only on the deer hair wing
case and post so the fly hangs hook down in the film. A sleeper pattern.
Royal Coachman --
Charles Orvis named this regal fly the Royal Coachman back in 1878, but the
basic design came from England much earlier than that. We offer what we feel are the
best of countless variations of that most consider the best traditional attractor
even as. Preston Jennings said, "imitative when tied lightly." Most
popular of traditional attractor patterns.
Royal Wulff --You
can see this at low light levels. eagle- eyed Lee Wulff, whose widow offers one of
the best systems to learn fly casting, developed this fly even though he had eyes
like an eagle.
Parachute
Royal Coachman -- Fine presentation and a different silhouette with wonderful
sighting qualities like those of the Royal Wulff.
Brown Hackle Peacock - - The recipe for this tie
was written down by the ancient Macedonians over 2000 years ago. It has withstood the test
of time. It was one of the few flies you needed when your grandfather was fly fishing. It
is not in vogue in the last 25 years with all of our new patterns and materials such as
fly floatants that permit sparcer designs.
Grey
Hackle, Peacock -- Another traditional floating pattern that has
worked well for generations. Nothing fancy, but it floats nicely and is easy to see under
most conditions.
Grey
Hackle, Yellow -- A very traditional, but very effective mayfly imitation
that has also seduced browns feeding on Yellow Sallies.
Crane Fly
Adult -- Trout are seldom selective to
this bug but they will take them when available. An unusual tie that can be very effective
when no dominant hatch is on. This is also a good fly to skate on stillwater if nothing
much is happening on top and you're not into fishing wet flies.
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