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Lindsey Grandison For Gerry Cox. - Sculpin Patterns Feature
By Doug Saball
1950'S MUDDLER MINNOW
Submitted By
Lindsey Grandison For Gerry Cox.
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1950'S MUDDLER MINNOW
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Background On This Muddler
This fly was sent to us by Gerry Cox of Ithaca, New York. It is
an example of the muddler flies that were commericially available in the
late 50's. One of the popularizers of the muddler pattern was Dan Bailey
who had a shop located at that time in Livingston, Montana. He was
instrumental in developing many of the variations that evolved from the
original. The fly shops around Yellowstone then offered the muddler as a
standard pattern as they do now. As Gerry Cox recounts "In the late 50's,
the principal fly shops in West Yellowstone were Bud Lilly's and Pat
Barnes'. I probably got the Muddler from Pat Barnes, who had a small
crew (including his wife) turning out flies on mechanized rotary vices.
It replaced the one (on my allowance, I could only afford one) I lost in a
wooded section of the Firehole when a huge brown surged up and took it
just after I'd pulled it under on the swing. I can see his head and back
to this day!"
This example is true to the classic pattern and is at the larger
end of sizes encountered today. The lack of variation in style from this
early example to the patterns availabe now probably reflects the
effectiveness of the original pattern and the finding that all of the
possible variations which have been attempted have not improved
substantially on it.
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