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Next time your attempts to match a hatch with dry fl ies fail, try matching it with one of these time-tested wet fl y patterns. by Steve Culton

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THE WORDS “MATCH THE HATCH” CONJUREup images of dry fl y afi cionados patiently sifting through boxes, searching for the perfect fl y, achiev-ing nirvana when they make the correct selection.Indeed, there’s nothing I like more than foolingtrout on a dry—unless it’s fooling a trout on a wet fl y.

The more I fi sh them, the more I recognize thatwet fl ies are often the best match for a hatch. That’sbecause they allow you to fi sh under the hatch—where the trout are feeding—as insects emerge or lay eggs. You are fi shing a wet fl y, as James Leisenring said, “...at the point where the trout ismost likely to take his food.”

Matching the hatch with wets isn’t rocket sci-ence. Most days, all you need to do is duplicatethe size and color of the natural, then drift orswing the fl y over the trout’s position. The takeson wets are among the most aggressive hitsyou’ll experience. What’s more, the fi sh also tend to be larger. (Big trout get that way, in part, by being shy about showing themselves.)

Here are eight popular, widespread hatches,matched with a proven wet fl y pattern, so youcan look like a trout savant the next time you’recan look like a trout savant the next time youre on the water.

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Hatch: HendricksonHOOK:Wet fl y, sizes 12 to 14.THREAD: Gray 6/0.TAIL: Dark dun hen hackle fi bers.BODY: Muskrat fur.HACKLE: Dark dun hen.WING:Wood duck.

SQUIRREL AND GINGERHatch: CaddisHOOK: 2 2X X shs orort,t, 2 2X X ststroongng scud,d

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FLY TYER® I ARTICLE & PHOTOGRAPHY BY SCOTT SANCHEZ

Parachute NymphsTransfer this proven dry-fl y tying method to your nymph patterns.

P ARACHUTE DRY FLIES AREamong the most popular fl ies today for good reason. They fl oat well and are easy to see, and the 360-degreehackle mimics the leg profi le of a natural insect. So why not use a parachute hackle to simulate nymph legs? The idea is so simple I can’t believe that I didn’t think of it sooner. I couldn’t fi nd a reference on parachute nymphs, but someone else hassurely tried this.The basic idea for the para-nymphs came when I was tying my Split TopEmergers (American Angler January/rFebruary 2014). The hackle around the base of the wingcase looked right, andit was anatomically correct. In turn, the

basic format for this hackle style came from some of the parachute damsel adult patterns. Ned Long’s Pull Overs and BobQuigley’s Hackle Stacker where other catalysts for this design. Initial winter test-ing on the Snake proved them palatable.

Right Side UpBesides the anatomically correct legprofi le, the hackle legs help posi-tion the fl y in an upright position in the water column, just as they do with a dry fl y. This works best on fl ies that are tied unweighted as submergers or where a lead-wire underbody is used. Natural bend hooks will aid the upright position by acting as ballast under the hackle. This

works best in moderate currents, and isvery effective prior or early in the hatch.The genetic breeding of small hackle iswhat has made this style of fl y possible. You can now fi nd genetic hen neck hackle downto size 18, and the stems are thin and fl exiblewhich makes them easy to wrap. Some of the saddles will also work. Whiting is the most common brand of genetic hen hackleand sells them in their Whiting, Brahma,American, and Coq de Leon series. A widerange of mottling and natural and dyed colors are sold. As with any hackle, selectingthem yourself or having them selected by a trusted fl y shop will ensure they are the desired size. You might also fi nd suitable hackle if you look through a number of

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imported hen hackles. Hen hackle has softer fi bers than rooster hackle and will providemore motion in a dead-drifted fl y.Another possibility is genetic rooster hackle. If profi le is more important to you than motion, rooster dry fl y hackleworks fi ne. However, there are a couple of untapped sources of rooster soft hackle. The fi rst is the schlappen section of a rooster saddle. Many saddles have abunch of good schlappen soft hackle. This will be at the bottom of the saddle. The tips of some of this genetic schlappen canbe as small as a size 20. The other source is the webby stuff at the base of a geneticrooster neck or saddle hackle. This is the stuff you usually throw away, and is lo-cated above the marabou like fl uff at thebase of the feather. Also, there is nothingsaying that you can’t wrap the fl uff for an animated fl y. Ostrich herl tied as hacklecan also work great on small fl ies.

Finding a PostMy fi rst parachute nymphs were tied with a glass bead for a post. I fi rst saw this style post when the glass bead craze hit the tying scene. This can alsobe done with a plastic bead. The shiny bead might imitate an air bubble on anymph or emerger or possibly an opening wingcase. The post is pretty easy to create and the bulge of the bead holds the hackle down. To form the post, I thread a coupleof wraps through the hole in the bead andthen secure the wire with thread. I use theleftover wire from the abdomen rib. Don’tpull the bead all the way tight to the hook shank, as you will need a little room to wrap the hackle and dub a thorax. This post can be tied with no additional weightor with a glass or metal beadhead.My favorite wing case/parachutepost is Mylar braid. Diamond Braid,Sparkle Flash, or Holographic have beenaround for years and are generally usedas baitfi sh or saltwater fl y bodies. They can be found in any number of metallic or pearlescent colors. They are slightly oval in cross section, and the stretchable nature of the Mylar is very conformable. There are now many fl at Mylar braids available, and these are my fi rst choice for wing cases. Flat Diamond Braid, Axxel Flash, Flat Braid, and Kreinik Braid are

Genetic rooster schlappen (left) or genetic hen hackle (right) work well on small parachute nymphs.

A glass-bead post can be created by threading your ribbing wire through the center of the bead.

Think outside the box. Oval (left) or fl at (right) Mylar braids make excellent wingases.

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Southwestern Montana’s Big Hole River (above) is fed by andloops around the Pioneer Mountains. The Wise River is itsmajor tributary; rainbow trout (upper right) thrive in both.

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ICARUSThe streams and high-mountain lakes of Montana’s Pioneer Mountains are an idyllic setting to stretch your fl y fi shing wings.

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In the 1970s, two cosmic cowboys helped forge my fondness for Montana’s Pioneer Mountains. As a Min-nesota teen on summer vacation, I was camped with my family along Birch Creek, high above the Big Hole River in the sprawling Beaverhead National Forest. My

dad and I made excursions down to the Hole to tempt browns and rainbows near the hamlet of Glen. Even as an eager neo-phyte, I would have readily concurred with the legendary Butte, Montana angler, George Grant, who fi nally passed away at the age of 102 in 2008: “If you were going to make trout streams, the Big Hole is what you would use for a model.”

Dad and I launched our forays armed with advice from a gregarious, expert trout angler in our campground. During the lazy afternoons, he would retrieve boxes of fl y tying mate-rial stuffed in his VW van, set up shop at the picnic table, and whip up menu items for the evening hatch.

After several days of this pleasant routine—including hikes back to alpine tarns for fat, jewel-like brookies—we decided to move further into the Pioneers, toward Elkhorn Hot Springs at the headwaters of Grasshopper Creek. The plan was for my parents and two sisters to take the main route via Dillon in the family camper. I would ride my trea-sured, gold-fl ecked Honda Trail 70 over the long mountain backroads and meet them for dinner. Equipped with a map, lunch, water, and just enough gas, I set forth with my late father’s encouragement and former-Navy pilot cautions, over my mother’s fi erce objections. Like the mythological young Icarus, I was just starting to test my wings.

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The Delaware Dozen

TA master tier shares his favorite dry fl ies for fi shing one of the best trout rivers in the Eastern United States.

few special rivers that inspire anglers to developTTes of dry fl y design. These rivers evoke strong TTmong anglers; just mention Theodore GordonTTBeaverkill, and we are vaulted into the GoldenTTAge of angling to see the birth of th e Catskill dry fl y.

Not far downstream in time andcurrent, we fi nd the fabled waters of the Upper Delaware—the West Branch, East Branch, and main stem. This was small-mouth bass water in Gordon’s day, but two bottom-release dams have transformed these rivers into thriving coldwater fi sheries where brown and rainbow trout captivate

The author’s patterns are just the ticket for fi shing the Delaware River.

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fl y anglers, especially when selective fi sh refuse seemingly perfect presentations.

New York’s Upper Delaware system has rightfully earned a reputation as “emerger” water. A big part of Al Caucci and Bob Nas-tasi’s research for their seminal book, titled Hatches, was done on the Delaware, and the fl ush-fl oating Comparadun and Compara-Emerger are still staples on the river.

I have fi shed countless fl ies on the Delaware, and I worked hard to whittle down my dry fl y and emerger selection to these 12 patterns. This limited collection facilitates fl y-box management, and each one is a confi dence fl y that makes fi shing more enjoyable and productive.

Delaware Hendrickson EmergerDry fl y fi shing usually starts in earnest with the arrival of the fi rst Hendricksons. Delaware trout key on emergers and spin-ners during this hatch, and this version of the Klinkhamer, a product of Dutch fl y tier Hans van Klinken, has been very successful in duping wary, emerger-eating fi sh. (For a full article on how to tie the Klinkhamer, check out the Spring 2014 issue of this magazine.)

Hendrickson nymphs turn almost black before hatching, so when you’re choosing Antron for the shuck and turkey biots for the abdomen of this fl y, purchase the darkest mahogany-colored biots you can fi nd. One of the great attributes of this emerger pattern is that it is adaptable to many other hatches; substitute a bright green thorax to tie a large Blue-Winged Olive, a sulfur-o range thorax with a pale wing for a Sulfur, and so forth.

Popcorn Caddis (Apple Caddis)Locally called shad fl ies, these prolifi c insects cover the river the fi rst week of May, yet in more than 30 years of fi shing this hatch, I can count on one—maybe two—hands the number of times I have seen trout eating freshly hatched adults. The fi sh do, however, relish the egg-layers.

Be sure to tie this fl y with delta wings of cul de canard, which represent the spent wings of an ovipositing caddisfl y. Use CDC feathers containing quills, not puffs; the center quills add structure and support, some things puffs lack.

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Being a paid-circulation magazine, the article-to-advertising ratio is very high.Nowhere else in the paid fly-fishing magazine marketplace can you get suchgood exposure with so little competition. You will reach one of the strongest fly-fishing markets in North America, if not the entire world.

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Being a paid-circulation magazine, the article-to-advertising ratio is very high.Nowhere else in the paid fly-fishing magazine marketplace can you get suchgood exposure with so little competition. You will reach one of the strongest fly-fishing markets in North America, if not the entire world.

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Guide and fl y designer Aaron Jasper says, “Eastern hatches

and good fi shing can come on like a blitz.” He outlines the major hatches, tells us where

to fi sh, and offers his best patterns.

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BASSKickin’

Sharon E. Wright, a student of the history of fl y tying,

shares four little-known bass patterns from the middle

of the last century that still catch fi sh.

There’s nothing like the thrill of a monster bass

breaking the water’s surface with a thundering splash, taking your fl y down in one

voracious tear. It’s always a moment to remember, no matter how many times you

experience it. It’s that heart-pounding, mind-blowing thrill that gets your blood

pumping and creates a lifelong addiction to bass bugging. This is the kind of fi sh-

ing that great stories are made of. As the tale unfolds, the big predator often gets

larger and more ferocious, and the angler gets yanked head-on into a battle of wits,

strength, and endurance. Most of us have one of those stories in our repertoire,

not only about “the monster catch,” but also of the “sweet spot” to fi sh and the

“secret fl y” that is always a sure bet no matter what the fi shing conditions.PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHARON E. WRIGHT

ILLUSTRATION BY LARRY LARGAY

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Starting the Miss Westwood1Start the thread and wrap back to opposite the hook point.

2Select a bundle of red bucktail. You can even the tips ofthe hair in a stacker or by hand, but it’s okay to have alittle taper. The tie-in point is about two inches from the tips of the hair.

3Two thread wraps hold the bucktail in place. Let the hairspread around the hook shank a little bit. Don’t pull toohard or the hair will fl are.

4Make fi ve or six thread wraps toward the bend. Don’t apply a lot of pressure; this keeps the profi le of the hair low and streamlined.

5Now that you have “set” the bucktail into position, wrap forward over your previous thread wraps.

6The original instructions say to bend the butt ends of thetail back and wrap over them, but I tied my fl y a littledifferently and am pleased with the outcome. Hold the blades of your scissors somewhat parallel to the hook shank and trim the butt ends. This step creates a taper and helps eliminate bumps when you wrap forward.

7Start wrapping your thread forward with fi rm, close wraps.

8Wrap to the hook eye and back to the starting position.

Anglers are always on the lookout for the latest and greatest gear, techniques, and fl ies, especially when it comes to landing the big boys. This addic-tion makes us seek any new fl y that will out-performthe last one and improves our chance of besting our latest record-breaking catch.Trying out new fl y patterns can be pretty cool, but I’m a traditionalist; while some anglers look ahead, I check out some of the old reliable fl ies that we seem to have left behind. A lot of the bass fl ies that you see today are tied with synthetic materials or spun hair. There are poppers, foam bugs, and frogs, as well as spun deer-hair mice, birds, and bait-fi sh. They are all innovative and very effective for bringing big bass to the line.

I love nostalgia, and I wondered what patternsthe old anglers used. I knew that if I did a little dig-ging, I’d fi nd some tried-and-true fl ies that had great track records, and I couldn’t wait to add a little something different to my fl y box that the fi sh hadn’t seen in a while. The bookshelf is always my favorite place to start looking.

Lost Flies DiscoveredI found beautiful feather-wing fl ies for bass in Favor-ite Flies and Their Histories, by Mary Orvis Marbury.For the most part, these were large-feathered patterns tied in classic wet fl y style. I also discovered that Ray Bergman was fi shing fl ies for bass in the early 1900s, and J. Edson Leonard talks about early bass “bobs” in his book Flies (1950). Orley Tuttle created the famous deer-hair Devil Bug around 1919. And, of course, Dr. James A. Henshall is thought to havecreated the Henshall Bug, which was the fi rst bass bug made from spun and clipped deer hair. I became so entranced by the stories and the patterns that I almost forgot what I was looking for.Then I found some cool old patterns in a book by William F. Blades, Fishing Flies and Fly Tying,which was published in 1951. The Shackle Fly and Red Blade are both my versions of the Blades Multi-Variants. I selected these patterns for their simplic-ity and because they are constructed with just a few common tying materials. This minimalism means less time at the vise, more time on the water, and I can use materials I already have on hand. Blades also recommended these fl ies for bonefi sh, and I love patterns that can be used for targeting more than one species of fi sh. You will love casting these hackled fl ies. They can be presented very delicately on the surface but will push a lot of water when they are stripped and played.

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