Ummmmmm, Tasty! Photo by Louis Cahill
I have said on many occasions that, I don’t care to live in a world where trout don’t eat stoneflies.
My good friend Dan Flynn shares my obsession with the noblest of insects. Dan is a great tyer with an impressive repertoire of classic patterns. I have always admired his meticulous stonefly nymphs. I’ve also spent many days watching him crush trout on them. You can’t argue with success.
I asked Dan to share this fly with you and he kindly obliged. The video is a bit longer than I usually post but well worth the time. Check it out!
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Passion&knowledge&attentionto detail result in excellent creative flies. Thanks Dan and Louis!
Thanks Ralph. Anyone who’s fished with Dan knows what a great tier he is. And just one of the most pleasant people to fish with.
Ditto what Ralph said. Love the pattern, and love this video !
I love the look of this pattern. But at 23+ minutes–not including the speeding up at various moments–this is why I buy stonefly patterns.
And a great guy to work next to on a brook trout restoration work detail.
How is this significantly different than the old Kaufman Stone?
Mark, It’s not that different at all. I first learned to tie stone fly nymphs based on Randall Kaufmann’s pattern.
Highly effective fish catching pattern. Fishing it is pure joy, because it just catches fish. As a fly tier its increased joy/thrill tying one up and catching big fish on river with it. Pattern badassery.