The Dette Project
Yellow Body Grey Hackle
A pattern from the first catalog.
Hook: Standard Dry Fly
Tail: Brown Hackle Fibers
Body: Yellow Dubbing
Hackle: Dun
Read more
Coffin Fly
An original Dette pattern from the First Catalog. This is the original Coffin Fly, developed by Walt and Ted Townsen...
Read more
Special Black Gnat
A Dette pattern that only appeared in the first catalog.
The body is a best guess. There are many versions of the Bl...
Read more
Light Cahill
A pattern that has stood the test of time, almost unchanged. It imitates a range of late Spring and Summer hatches.
Read more
Cahill Quill
A quill body version of the Dark Cahill.
Hook: Standard Dry
Wings: Lemon Wood Duck Flank
Tail: Lemon Wood Duck Flank
...
Read more
Fosters Special
A Dette original from the first catalog. This is a best guess on the body and hackle colors till a sample is found.
H...
Read more
Red Front Grey Palmer
This is a best guess till a sample can be found. Tied much like a bi-visible and other palmered flies that were popul...
Read more
Special Golden Dun
Listed in the first catalog, but omitted from the second. Also appears on the Darbee list of flies as Golden Dun.
Hoo...
Read more
Yellow Body Olive
A Dette pattern originally listed in the first catalog. It was listed in the second catalog also, but the tail was ch...
Read more
Barber Pole
One of the Dette original patterns from the first catalog. It appeared again in the second catalog.
Hook: Standard D...
Read more
