OK you fly enthusiasts. Here's another dry that was inspired by RJS' input. Remember, if you have any good stories, tips or comments, please share. (sorry for the blurry image, my cats were trying to make corrections.)
OK you fly enthusiasts. Here's another dry that was inspired by RJS' input. Remember, if you have any good stories, tips or comments, please share. (sorry for the blurry image, my cats were trying to make corrections.)
OK this fly could be called a bee, bumble bee, western bee or any other generic name that describes a bee pattern. I have had this fly a long time and it is based on a pattern I saw in Joe Brooks' 1972 book "Trout Fishing". A classic and the first book I bought on fly fishing mainly due to all the articles I read by him in outdoor sports magazines. The pattern is called Hunt's Teagle Bee and is found on page 253 under "Granny Granstrom's Dry Flies (see photo). P.S., I checked a couple of pattern books and the McGinty is usually tied as a wet with a squirrel tail wing and a small jungle cock eye. In Leonards' 1970 ed. book "Flies" the wing is white-tipped mallard and the tail is scarlet hackle fibers with teal.
OK this fly could be called a bee, bumble bee, western bee or any other generic name that describes a bee pattern. I have had this fly a long time and it is based on a pattern I saw in Joe Brooks' 1972 book "Trout Fishing". A classic and the first book I bought on fly fishing mainly due to all the articles I read by him in outdoor sports magazines. The pattern is called Hunt's Teagle Bee and is found on page 253 under "Granny Granstrom's Dry Flies (see photo). P.S., I checked a couple of pattern books and the McGinty is usually tied as a wet with a squirrel tail wing and a small jungle cock eye. In Leonards' 1970 ed. book "Flies" the wing is white-tipped mallard and the tail is scarlet hackle fibers with teal.
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You have evoked many fond memories for me with these posts Mike. Thanks and please don't quit. BTW, Joe Brooks and Lee Wulff are two of my heroes!!!
You have evoked many fond memories for me with these posts Mike. Thanks and please don't quit. BTW, Joe Brooks and Lee Wulff are two of my heroes!!!
Not familiar with Joe Brooks, but i have a piece of polar bear from Lee's bench that I bought from his wife at a fund raiser with a note of authenticity.