Grey Fox Variant

Art Flick's favorite fly, the Grey Fox Variant.

Tied on a vintage Mustad 94838 size 12

Joan Wulff Special

Catskill Fly Fishing Center and Museum: ‟The Woman Fly Fishers Club commissioned Ed Van Put to come up with a commemorative fly for their 90’th anniversary, and he did with the Joan Wulff Special”. Ed also came up with the Able Mable for the club's 60'th anniversary back in 1992.

I tied it ‘Ed van Put style’ (almost no space behind the eye)

Hackle with straight barbs

Straight barbed hackle, it looks like it's not as obvious as it sounds...

Not so straight...

Pink Lady in September

It has been a few very wet days in September

Abbey

Saying goodbye to the weekend with the Abbey.

Originally an old wet fly pattern, this dry fly variant was a favourite of Rube Cross.

“The Abbey. In America, the Abbey is credited to, and named after Mr. Charles Abbey, of Abbey & Imbrie, a New York firm of fishing – tackle dealers. The fly has been popular in this country many years. It is claimed that it is an English pattern of old standing, which received its name from a building,not from an individual ; also that long before it was called the Abbey fly it was in general use, known as the Jew fly.” (Mary Orvis Marbury in Favourite flies and their histories, 1892)

Quiet Saturday evening tying

Blue ribbed Red Fox (ribbing is the same shiny material I used for the Blue Bottle Humpy)

Red Quill

Hoagy's legacy

A video from the 2020 virtual Catskill Fly Fishing Center Gathering where Hoagy Carmichael demonstrates the historic Garrison rod shop housed at the Catskill Fly Fishing Center & Museum. 

It's a bit hard to understand Hoagy from time to time. It's the result of cancer (of his tongue & stomach) he got treated several years ago.