Flies using dust mop material have been around for many years now. Mop flies as they are known, are embraced by some and scorned by others.
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The Mop Dragon is a "mop fly" that even the anti-mop crowd will love!
The Emu Dragon aka The SB Nymph
The Emu Dragon
Every once in a while you develop a pattern, fish it for years, then see something similar designed by another tier. Sometimes, as is the case here, the other individual’s concept of the fly is better than your own.
Read moreThe McGinty
My version of a McGinty Wet Fly
The McGinty, while well known as a wet fly for trout, was originally developed for bass in 1883 by Charles McGinty. The fact that the McGinty was originally designed as a warm water fly has a unique appeal to me.
Read moreBluegills Don't Fear the Sting
A misguided yellow jacket that finds itself struggling on the surface of the water does not linger there for long. These hornets disappear in a slurp, and the only trace of their existence is a vanishing set of concentric rings on the surface of the water.
Read moreThe Wooly Worm
A very old pattern that works as good today as it did a hundred years ago!
The wooly worm is a predecessor to one of the most popular and effective flies ever invented, the wooly bugger. Coming from the same bloodline, it is just as effective as it is more famous relative.
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