4 Soft Hackle STONES...

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Patterns

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RAT FACED SPIDER – Pettine / Variant (Skwala)…Tilted view...

HOOK: TMC 2457, Mustad CO68, Daiichi 1120, #6-#10
THREAD: Uni 6/0 or Wapsi Ultra 140 Denier – Brown
TAILS: Natural Goose Biots
BODY: Hare’s Ear Dubbing, #3, Bunny Mask -( From Crown)
RIB: Glitter D Rib, Medium, Amber
THORAX: Hare’s Ear Dubbing, #1, Bunny Mask – (From Ear’s)
WINGCASE: x2, Mottled Thin Skin
HACKLE: Speckled India Hen Back

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LITTLE INYO WIN. STONE…Tilted view…

HOOK: Tiemco 2302, # 16-#18
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0 Brown
TAIL: MFC speckled centipede legs – Mini- Brown
UNDER ABDOMEN: Krystal Flash, Rusty Brown
OVER ABDOMEN: D- Rib, Small, Brown
THORAX: 50/50 Mix, Chopped Hare-Tron, Dark Brown / AZ Simi Seal #.19, Canadian Brown
CARPACE: Thin Skin, Mottled Oak
HACKLE: MFC Henry’s Fork Hackle, Brown (CDC)
LEGS: Same as Tail
BEAD: Tung. Copper 5/64 or 1/16 for # 18

[img:d3b3b71b06]http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn202/planettrout/STONEFLIES/BROWNHA…]

BROWN HOLO STONE – Egry-Davies / Variant…Tilted view…

HOOK: TMC 2302,5262,5263 or Daiichi 1270, # 12-#16

THREAD: Wapsi Ultra 70 Denier, Brown for under/abdomen, Tiemco 16/0, Brown for thorax – forward

TAIL: Hareline speckled crazy legs, Olive

RIB: Copper Brown wire, sized to hook

ABDOMEN: Brown Holographic Flashabou, 2-4 strands

THORAX: Brown UV Ice Dub

WINGCASE(s): x2, Mottled Brown Thin Skin

HACKLE: Brown Hen Hackle

BEAD: Copper Tung. or Brass

[img:d3b3b71b06]http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn202/planettrout/STONEFLIES/MIRAGEC…]

MIRAGE COPPER SEXY STONE – Gauerke / Variant…Tilted view…

HOOK: TMC 2302,5262.5263, Daiichi 1270 #10-#16

THREAD: Wapsi Ultra 70 denier, Brown (to thorax) – Tiemco 16/0, Brown – forward

WEIGHT: 0.15-0.20 Lead or lead sub. (under thorax)

TAG: Pink UV Ice Dub (between tails)

TAILS: Tan Goose Biots

OVER ABDOMEN: Medium Mirage Opal Tinsel

WEAVE: Ultra Wire, Copper Brown wire (top), F. Orange wire (bottom)…Brassie, Medium or Small – sized to hook

THORAX: Spirit River Squirrel Blend – Rust / SLF Prism #120, Amber…70/30 mix

WINGCASE(s): x3, Mottled Brown Thin Skin

HACKLE: Brown Partridge Feather ( lower back of skin)

BEAD: Optional copper or gold, tung. or brass

All are patterns intended for use on the Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the late Winter and early Spring...including HERE:

[img:d3b3b71b06]http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn202/planettrout/STONEFLIES/MICHAEL…]

My son Michael, on the East Walker River, Bridgeport, California...

PT/TB

Tim,

As always great flies, and a nice stretch of river! If my legs could carry me I'd love to fish a place like that.

Martin

Martin,

This is the impoundment that feeds the river and the view one sees coming off the water..Bridgeport reservoir..,

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and one of the views on the way up to the alpine valley where Bridgeport, CA is located...my daughter Ally above Mono Lake...

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I have been coming to this place since I was a little boy...it is where I met Frank Arcularius on the water (see Ray Bergman's TROUT) and watched CA FF legend, Ned Grey, fish a brace of wets, when he was in his 80's...

PT/TB

Tim,

As always great flies, and a nice stretch of river! If my legs could carry me I'd love to fish a place like that.

Martin

Martin,

This is the impoundment that feeds the river and the view one sees coming off the water..Bridgeport reservoir..,

[img:3fff3d5f91]http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn202/planettrout/EWRBRIDGEPORTRES5-…]

and one of the views on the way up to the alpine valley where Bridgeport, CA is located...my daughter Ally above Mono Lake...

[img:3fff3d5f91]http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn202/planettrout/ALLYMONOLAKE-2-.jp…]

I have been coming to this place since I was a little boy...it is where I met Frank Arcularius on the water (see Ray Bergman's TROUT) and watched CA FF legend, Ned Grey, fish a brace of wets, when he was in his 80's...

PT/TB

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