Challenge #11
Rear Hook - Size 2/0 Gamakatsu Octopus Front Hook – Size 3/0 or size 4/0 Mustad 34007 stainless steel. Hook Connection – 20 lb. test clear nylon™ monofilament loop. Body – Silver or Gold mylar braided tubing slid over front hook. Wing – Extra-long Polar bear hair,...
Answer to Challenge #10
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #10 is, the Quinsam Hackle Qualicum Beach was home to Brigadier General Noel Money (ret’d.). Money was an avid fly-fisher, and the Stamp River was his favourite river to fish for steelhead, but many other waters found the...
Challenge #10
Hook - Size 2/0 to 4, single salmon hook. Thread – Black. Tag – Yellow floss. Tail -- None Body -- Black wool. Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel. Body Hackle – Dyed yellow hackle feather. Collar Hackle – Dyed red and dyed claret hackle feathers. The Challenge...
Answer to Challenge #9
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #9 is, the Puntledge River. On November 1st., 1973 local naturalist Jack Hames wrote of this fly in his Field Notes column for the Comox District Free Press newspaper. That column, titled, The Mystery Fly, spoke of how a...
Parallel Streaks of Rust
Sometimes river access points can be tricky to find; especially so if one is new to the area or has been given cryptic directions by a well-intentioned local. We all go through it, that hunt and peck searching of riverbanks for signs of a fisherman’s trail. You know,...
Challenge #9
Hook - size 6 or 8, long shank. Thread – Black. Tail - Mallard flank feather. Body - South American kid fur dubbing wound around shank. Wing - Wild goose secondary feather slips. Hackle - Barred rock rooster (grizzly) Head – Black tying thread, varnished. ...
Answer to Challenge #8
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #8 is, the Carey Special. The Carey Special traces its roots back to 1920 when Colonel Tom Carey and Dr. Lloyd Day collaborated on a pattern originally called the Monkey Faced Louise or Dredge. Their design featured a dense...
Challenge #8
Hook - Size 6 through 10, long shank. Thread - Black. Tail - Natural pheasant rump fibres (blue or brown phase). Body - Fur dubbing or Peacock herl. Hackle - Natural pheasant rump fibres (blue or brown phase) Head – Tying thread varnished. The Challenge...
Answer to Challenge #7
The correct/acceptable answer for challenge #7 is, the Clouser Minnow. Looking to come up with a castable, deep sinking fly pattern, Bob Clouser tied on a pair of lead dumbbell eyes to a long shank hook and added a sparse dressing of coloured bucktail hair. The...