Category Archives: Trout flies

From Barry:
“This easy little Honey pot wet fly /soft hackle is a great addition to the late season fly box. I also tie this pattern with a 2.8 mm slotted tungsten bead for a heavier variant. I like to fish it just below the surface with long slow pulls.”

Materials list:
Hook: Mustad S70AP Wet fly #10 -14
Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 brown
Tail: Coq de Leon – https://alnk.to/5u7J0ae
Body: Two moose mane hairs 1 black 1 white
Thorax: Stickle dub dark brown
Hackle: Brown speckled partridge

From Ahrex Hooks:
“As fly tyers, we often try to imitate the fish’s natural food items – sometimes we tie flies that provoke the fish and other times we tie super-realistic imitations where it can be very difficult to tell the difference between the tied fly and the live individual. We have had the skilled Dutch fly tyer and fly fisherman Jan De Haas in the studio several times, and when we saw a fantastically realistic caddis larva in his fly box, we persuaded him to tie this fantastic variation of Oliver Edwards Caddis Larvae, which imitates the Rhyacophila larva. This fly is actually bound to be fished, but there are probably few who would sacrifice such a work of art at the end of a thin leader, but it is craftsmanship of the highest class.”

Materials List:
Hook: Ahrex NS172, Curved Gammarus # 6
Thread: White
Weight: Flat lead
Eyes: Mono Nymph Eyes, # small, black
Tail: Cream ostrich herl
Body: Nymph Skin, cream
Gills: Cream ostrich herl
Legs: Golden pheasant fibres
Back: Nymph Skin, cream
Finish: Olive and brown markers

Paulie’s Fluttering Caddis

This caddis fly pattern was designed by Paulie Shurtleff.

PFC (Paulie’s Fluttering Caddis)

Materials list:
Hook: Moonlit Fly Fishing ML102 Togatta barbless hook
Thread: Semperfli 18/0 Nano Silk Thread (Brick Beige)
Body: Semperfli Kapok Dubbing (olive)
Wing: Nature’s Spirit Select Cow Elk
Hackle: Whiting Farms dark barred ginger saddle hackle
Loon Outdoors Water Based Head Cement

From Paulie:
“One of my “confidence patterns”, these little flies have caught more fish for me than any other Caddis pattern has combined! Super simple, minimal materials and very effective. Doesn’t get much better than that. It can skate, dead drift, skitter and bounce and it’s easy to see! I’ve been tying and fishing this pattern (and variants of it, meaning; color/size changes) for more than 20 years. Favorite way to fish this pattern is to “high stick” and bounce it. Drives fish crazy! This pattern is also my featured pattern that’s published in the book “Americas Favorite Flies” and also in several Magazines as well as a couple YouTube tying videos too. You can see one below.”