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.
Hook - Standard dry fly hook, sizes 12 to 20
Thread - Black
Rib - Grizzly hackle, palmered and trimmed on top
Body - Red floss
Underwing - Lemon wood duck fibers
Wing - Gray duck quill
Head Hackle - Dark ginger
Thanks for posting that Norm. Excellent tying, as usual. For those wishing to hear more of the story, the vintage "Pennsylvania Angler" articles by Bill Fink can be accessed here: https://www.fishandboat.com/Transact/An ... fault.aspx
Bill always tied the fly with the upswept wing you see in the 1971 article, BTW, not that it likely matters to the fish
Ed, that would be the September 1971 issue, the name of the article being "The forgotten fly" on page 22. I am pretty sure that the now prevalent green bodied version was originated by Henryville club member Ernest Schwiebert to match the "popcorn" caddis hatch. The hatch is so named because the caddis in question hops all over the water. I have only seen it on the Big Bushkill, but it is obviously on the Brodhead, and likely other Pocono streams.
Ed, that would be the September 1971 issue, the name of the article being "The forgotten fly" on page 22. I am pretty sure that the now prevalent green bodied version was originated by Henryville club member Ernest Schwiebert to match the "popcorn" caddis hatch. The hatch is so named because the caddis in question hops all over the water. I have only seen it on the Big Bushkill, but it is obviously on the Brodhead, and likely other Pocono streams.
Thanks Tom... I'm a BIG Ernest Schwiebert fan, and have most of the books he wrote... I'll check your reference and also The Henryville Flyfishers--- one of my prized books, which took me years to pull the trigger acquiring a used copy--- and perhaps Remembrances of Rivers Past....
Ps... and thanks again, the article starts on page 24 of the 09/71 issue referenced and is a great read!
Not to steal this thread, but hopefully add to it... while searching for references to Ernest Schwiebert and this dry fly, I stumbled across Mike Valla's The Classic Dry Fly Box... and on page 59, Valla credits Hiram Brobst of PA as creator of this pattern, on Broadhead Creek... he references an article in TGF's "Random Casts" (Fall-Winter 1966-67) by Joe Pisarro as his source... Tom's PA article above also credits Brobst, though the dry was called a "No Name", dating back to English ties....
