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There’s something about an orange bead that just seems to attract trout, and this is an excellent anchor fly that I have had great success with in the Catskills, especially on the Willowemoc and Beaverkill. I normally tie this patterns in a #12 and #14 but adjust the sizing based on the naturals in your area.   Hook: Partridge Barbless Grub Straight Eye #14 Thread: Black 6/0 Uni 6/0Superfly 6/0Danville 6/0 Bead:  Orange Tungsten Bead (size 3/32 for #14) Underbody: .010 Lead-free wire Ribbing: Copper Wire Body: Sybai Flash Nymph - Pearl Yellow Thorax: Sybai Nymph - Rusty Brown   Slide your bead...

Beetles are great patterns to fish, especially on breezy days in areas with vegetation overhanging the banks. Cast this fly out and give it a little twitch in between dead drifts and hang on, as some takes can be quite explosive! The small sizes can be super effective when fishing to picky fish as well, just switch up the black hair for tan to make it easier to see.     Hook: Sprite All Purpose Dry Thread: Black 6/0 Uni 6/0Superfly 6/0Danville 6/0 Body: Black Deer Hair Body: Peacock Herl   With your hook firmly secured in your tying vise, start your thread about a...

Hook: Partridge Sproat Wet Thread: Black 8/0 Uni 8/0Superthread 8/0 Body: Lagartun Micro Flatbraid - Fluorescent Orange Ribbing: Lagartun Fine Gold Wire (x-fine on smaller hooks) Hackle: Partridge Dubbing: Hare's Ear Plus Natural       Secure your hook in the vise, and start the thread one eye length behind the eye. Take thread wraps back towards the bend of the hook, stopping right above the hook barb.   Starting the body   Tie in a length of fine gold wire and orange flat braid, leaving the waste ends long. You will want to have a uniform underbody on this fly, so when tying in your...

Hook: Partridge Standard Dry Base Thread: Olive 8/0 Uni 8/0Superthread 8/0 Working Thread: GSP 100 Denier Trailing Shuck: Light Dun Darlon Dubbing: Rusty Olive Dry DubTrout Hunter Dry DubbingSuper Fine Dubbing Wing: Comparadun / Coastal Deer HairComparadun HairCoastal Deer Hair Other Tools Needed: Hair Stacker   The Sparkle Dun is a pattern that was originally created by Craig Mathews, and is an excellent fly when fished on slow water and flats for feeding trout. These colors can be changed to match what’s hatching in your area, but you may find that this fly works best in a smaller size. Sparkle Duns are meant to imitate an emerging mayfly,...

Hook: Partridge Sproat Wet Thread: Black 8/0 Uni 8/0Superthread 8/0 Body: Polish Quill - Brown Hackle: Dark Mottled Partridge Feather Dubbing: Dark Brown Nymph Dubbing mixed w/ Pink Ice Dub Hareline Dubbin Sybai Nymph Dubbing Hareline Ice Dub Sybai Fine UV Ice Dubbing Sybai Lite Brite   Begin by securing your hook in the vise and starting your thread one hook eye length behind the eye. Take touching turns down the shank, stopping your thread across from the barb.     Select a brown polish quill from the package; and since this may be your first time working with them, we will give it a quick once-over....