Whiskey Creek Fly Fishing

Last week, I was experimenting with a pattern that is patterned after the sofa pillow, by Pat Barnes of West Yellowstone.  Here is a step-by-step sequence of the resulting pattern.

Hook: Tiemco 200R
Tail/Egg-sac: Black Poly Yarn
Body: A Girl’s Secret sporty foam wrap
Rib: Black thread (size A used here)
Wing: Deer or Elk
Hackle: Brown, undersized

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With spring, young men’s fancy turns to love. Those of us that have seen a few springs, we turn towards the upcoming hatches.  Today’s preparations are for the salmon fly hatch.
This is an updated version of the classic Sofa Pillow. Differences are the poly-yarn egg sac (instead of red duck quill tail), antron ribbed with [...]

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The sofa-pillow is one of the first stone-fly patterns. Created by Pat Barnes in West Yellowstone, the story goes that a bunch of fishermen were visiting from Texas. The lone-star fishermen were having difficulty fishing small flies. So, Pat took out some streamer hooks and created large, bushy, easy to see fly. The name came [...]

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