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Jlw_5178April 22nd, 2010, 10:34 am
Hagerstown, MD

Posts: 7		I was hoping someone could help me out..I got this fly from a department store in a dry fly multi-pack, but i cant find one like it online cause i dont know what its called. It is some peacock herl with a turn or two of brown hackle at the front and a piece of red yarn at the back. does anyone know what this best imitates and what the common name of this pattern is? thanks, Jody
Jlw_5178April 22nd, 2010, 10:35 am
Hagerstown, MD

Posts: 7		i took a picture and will post if i can figure out how???
Jlw_5178April 22nd, 2010, 11:00 am
Hagerstown, MD

Posts: 7		ok heres the pic at flikr.com copy and paste to your address bar

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14563723@N07/?saved=1
GONZOApril 22nd, 2010, 11:14 am
Site Editor
"Bear Swamp," PA

Posts: 1681		Jody,

Your fly is an old wet-fly pattern called the "Brown Hackle" (sometimes known as the "Brown Hackle Peacock"). The "Gray Hackle" is a similar fly tied with grizzly hackle. The red "tag" was variously tied with red hackle fibers, red wing-quill sections, or red wool. Like many of the older wet flies, it was not tied as an imitation of anything in particular.
Jlw_5178April 22nd, 2010, 11:33 am
Hagerstown, MD

Posts: 7		i guess im mostly curious about this fly cause there is a really great caddis hatch every evening right now at the antietam creek where i generally go to. the hatch gets pretty heavy, off and on throughout the late afternoon untill sunset. i rarely do see any surface activity,
but id have to assume their feeding on the emergers like crazy.

do you think this fly is a descent caddis emerger? if I could ask another one, why do they use red yarn in some patterns? It must be effective though bc i was talking to someone at the lake nearby and he was taking rainbows on a fly he called the proffesor. it also had red yarn trailing behind it and he swore by that pattern. thanks so much for your help! jody
GONZOApril 22nd, 2010, 11:57 am
Site Editor
"Bear Swamp," PA

Posts: 1681		The red tag was a common feature of a number of "attractor" wet-fly patterns, including the Woolly Worm, Zulu, Montreal, Grizzly King, and the Professor. A general approach to covering many common caddisfly emergers might start with a selection of simple soft hackles in tan, yellow, green, black, and peacock bodies. If the caddisfly activity you are seeing is an emergence rather than egg-laying, you can determine which color to use by looking at the body color of a freshly emerged adult. (Many adult caddisflies will darken considerably as they "age" after emergence.)
Jlw_5178April 22nd, 2010, 12:20 pm
Hagerstown, MD

Posts: 7		 your advice is greatly appreciated! thank you so much, im gonna do some experimenting with them soft hackles. jody

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