Category Archives: Catskill

January 2, 2017 · 10:40 am

Flies Around the Net – December 2016

Here are the final Flies Around the Net for 2016. It has been a year of good vibes and good times for FrankenFly. I want to thank all of you for coming and visiting the website. I’m glad all of you are finding it interesting enough to come back to the site to get even more into fly fishing! I love this sport and I’m glad all of you do too! Here’s to an even better 2017!

Thank you!
-Paul

: Andreas h. Vagseter

: Andreas Andersson

: David Hise

: Gareth Lewis

: Gunnar Brammer

: Jarid Church

: Jonatan Ternald

: Karl Schwartz

: Matt Baranowski

: Daniel Seaman

: Matt Ebbers

: Tyler Lescano

: Paul Monaghan

: Peter Steen

: Greg Senyo

: Tim Savarese

: Matt Callies

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Filed under Carp flies, Catskill, Deer Hair, Dry Fly, Intruders, Muskie, nymphs, Pike, Realistic, Streamers, Trout flies

December 6, 2016 · 9:22 am

Bradley Special – Ricky Bassett

Bradley Special

Ricky Bassett tied up this beautiful Bradley Special. This was an old dry fly pattern tied by the Dettes of Roscoe, New York. The fly shop, Dettes Trout Flies, is still there and ran by their grandson, Joe Fox. I think the body of this fly is especially interesting.

According to the book, The Founding Flies, “In the late 1930s, William Bradley, an early member of the Beaverkill Trout Club, requested that the Dettes custom tie this fly.”

Ricky is a skilled fly tier that continues to practice the Catskill dry fly style of tying. He did a great job on this one!

Materials list:
Bradley Special Size 14
Wings: Mallard
Tail: red brown spade hackle, rooster
Body: sparse amount of red fox squirrel spun between two strands of red silk.
Hackle: Red brown rooster

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Filed under Catskill, Classic, Trout flies

September 30, 2016 · 7:50 am

Flies Around the Net – September 2016

: tied by Tim Savarese

: tied by Robert Strahl

: tied by Paul J Beel

: tied by Simon Johansson

: tied by Oskar Hagelin

: tied by Nightmare Musky Flies

: tied by Joel Skoghall

: tied by Jesper Lindquist Andersen

: tied by Peter Steen

: tied by Gavin Glover

: tied by Dragoslav-Mihajlovic

: tied by Cole Fischer

: tied by Ben Whalley

: tied by Andreas h Vagseter

: Evan of Sideling Hill Hackle via Fly Farm Coalition

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Filed under Catskill, nymphs, Poppers, Streamers, Trout flies

August 8, 2016 · 7:13 am

Lady Benson – Catskill Dry Fly

DRESSING:
HOOK: GAMAKATSU F11B #12
TAIL: GOLD PHEASANT TIPPET
BODY: PINK SILK
RIBBING: BLACK THREAD
WING: MALLARD FLANK
HACKLE: BROWN & GRIZZLY

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Filed under Catskill, Trout flies

February 17, 2016 · 7:00 am

Ginger Quill

Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions latest fly tying video has Matt Grobert show you how to tie a beautiful, timeless Catskill classic, the Ginger Quill.

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Filed under Catskill, Classic

October 29, 2015 · 12:01 am