I was remembering some great fishing blogs I used to love reading. One was called Small Stream Reflections. Alan Petrucci the author has since passed away but the blog is still available to read. Alan was a huge brook trout fan and fished for brook trout around his home but also traveled to many places to fish for them as well. One such place was the Smoky Mountains. On one such trip he saw a picture of a fly called the Smoky Mountain Forktail. He recreated the fly and tried it in many variants with much success for both brook trout and wild browns. His posts about this fly inspired me to give it a go.
Here is a link to one of his blog posts on this pattern.
https://smallstreamreflections.blogspot.com/2011/08/smoky-mountain-fork…
Enjoy Thank you!
We miss you Alan!
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