Freestyle Catskill dry & emerger

A place to discuss the collecting and tying of classic flies, the tyers who made them famous, the tools, materials and techniques they used as well as the waters they were designed for. While classic is generally used to describe old things, classic is also used in the sense of first class or in the highest form. Therefore a fully dressed Salmon Fly, or a Carrie Stevens Streamer are just as much classics as a Chernobyl Ant would be. Enjoy the forum.

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ibookje
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Freestyle Catskill dry & emerger

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A free style Catskill style dry fly

Mustad 94840 size 12
Golden olive stripped peacock quill
Peccary tail
Teal wings
Golden Badger hackle

Big thanks to William Dunn!

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Same fly, now as an emerger 🙂

Teal wings replaced by short tipped deer hair
CDC hackle as throat
Tiemco 212Y size 14

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Congrats....very nicely done.I especially like the emerger with the surface profile the deer hair wings this pattern will provide.
Regards from the Restigouche....Jim

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Thanks Jim!
You can clip the tail and use it as a caddis emerger too

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Stunningly beautiful.

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