Casting Around » Emergers

Tenkara and the Sulphurs

Anthony Naples — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:15:13 +0000

It is the time of year when a young man’s thoughts turn to…sulphurs. Well, at least if he’s an eastern fly fisher. Again I’m presenting an experimental set of flies. This time I’m focusing on the sulphur hatch through a tenkara colored lens. Make it what you want, but [...]

Grizzly Quill Paradun

Anthony Naples — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:14:08 +0000

Grizzly Quill Paradun Hook: Standard Dry Fly Thread: Gray Abdomen: Grizzly Hackle Quill Thorax: Adams Gray Superfine Dubbing Tail: Grizzly Hackle Hackle: Grizzly Wing Post: White Antron

This pattern came to me in a flash as I was sitting at my tying desk tying up some standard Parachute Adams dries. I had just stripped some hackle fibers from the stem to use as [...]

Rich’s Sulphur Emerger

Anthony Naples — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:23:17 +0000

Rich's Sulphur Emerger

Rich’s Sulphur Emerger:

Hook:Standard Dry Fly Hook, size 14 – 18 Thread: Camel Brown Thorax: Orange-Sulphur Fly-Rite Dubbing Abdomen: Orange-Sulphur Fly-Rite Dubbing Legs: Dark soft hackle fibers Tail (shuck): Mallard dyed wood duck Wing: Tuft of muskrat from the pelt

Notes: I can remember walking into South Hills Rod and Reel about 15 years ago and [...]

Blue-Winged-Olive (BWO) Barr Style Emerger

Anthony Naples — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:22:04 +0000

BWO Barr Style Emerger

Emerger: Blue-Winged-Olive (BWO) Barr Style Emerger

Hook: Scud Hook, sizes 16 to 24 Abdomen: Brown/Olive dubbing Thorax: Gray/Olive Dubbing Tail: Brown Spade Hackle Fibers Wingcase: Dun Hackle Fibers Legs: Left over hackle tips from wingcase Notes: I first used a Barr Emerger for the PMD hatch on the Frying Pan and Yampa Rivers in Colorado. They [...]