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 […]
Updated Modified Sofa Pillow – Step by Step
April 5th, 2009 · 5 Comments
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Updated Sofa Pillows
March 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments
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 […]
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Sofa Pillows, Stimulators, and Such
March 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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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