Flies
-
Shop-Vac — $2.25 Quite possibly, no other nymph has been as consistent of a producer as the Shop Vac. From April on the Yellowstone, to the Madison in July, and ending with the Fork in October, this simple little beadhead deserves a place in your box. Size 16. -
Skittering Zelon Midge — $2.25 Most often big trout take skittering midges in the surface film. This fly looks and acts like a natural and big trout eat it up. -
Slough Creek Cricket — $2.25 Few things are as exciting as watching a Yellowstone Cutthroat slowly rise, with an open mouth, towards a #6 cricket imitation. The large, Mormon crickets found throughout Yellowstone Country are a delicacy that few trout can resist. -
Slough Creek Midge Larva — $2.25 From August on through the fall, the fish on Slough can be choosy. More often than not, they shy from large terrestrials in favor of tiny aquatics. This midge larva has saved the day for us many times. Don't ignore midges on Slough. Size 20. -
SLS Sparkle Dun — $2.25 This fine pattern is named for Slough and Soda Butte Creeks along with the Lamar River…SLS! We designed it minimize and simplify the number of fly patterns needed in mid-summer to fish the northeast part of Yellowstone. It is during that time, July- August and September, when mayflies like Heptagenia, Epeorus, and PMD’s emerge and bring trout to the surface on these waters. A blend of dubbings to imitate all these mayfly species, this one fly pattern will work for you as it has for us. It is tied on a TMC 206 BL (barbless) hook for fishing the park. Size 16 -
Soft Hackle Midge Emerger — $2.25 In September I set out to tie a midge emerger which would work on the ultra-selective fish sipping late season midges on rivers like the Henry’s Fork, Lewis, and Firehole at Muleshoe Bend, lower Slough and Iron Spring Creeks and other smooth waters where big trout selectively taking emerging midge pupae have proved next to impossible to fool. This one, although so easy to tie, is simply without question, or doubt deadly…..period! It, like so many effective/tiny patterns, looks like nothing much to our eyes, but to the fish it is simply irresistible. I’d like to say I came up with the fly on my own but like most fly patterns know to man, it is a result of the input and testing of other anglers and fly tiers. -
Soft Hackle Streamer — $2.25 The action of marabou, the right amount of flash….This fly works equally well when stripped like a streamer or swung like a soft hackle. A great 1-2 punch. Size 6. -
Sparkle Spinner — $1.12 The presence of air bubbles beneath the wings of freshly fallen mayfly spinners has been observed for years, and has been an important factor of the design on many spinner imitations. However, no imitation represents the appearance of air bubbles. Size 16. -
Spent Spruce Moth — $2.25 Spruce Moths plagued our western forests again in 2006. Numbers were higher than anyone can ever remember seeing. The mature old growth forests lining the Gallatin River were especially inundated by these parasitic budworm moths. -
Stillborn Midge — $2.25 Visibility is the biggest limiting factor in midge fishing. This racy little dry fly features bright white hackle tip wings making it a virtual beacon on the water. - Page 12 of 14 pages