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[Kms]

Size 13 all poly mole fly.

 

[nfrechet]

Gold Sprat #1

Body - Flat gold tinsel
Throat - Small bunch of yellow polar bear and red hackle points
Wing - Two yellow and two orange saddle hackles
Cheeks - Gold metal “Edson” cheeks

Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing - Joseph Bates

 

[albatross]

Davie McPhail has me going down the Dynamite Harry path. Makes a great tan Caddis!

 

[nfrechet]

King of Waters

Tail - Gray mallard
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Crimson floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[mr7183]

Sulfur season coming up.

 

[lars]

creeks and rivers are gonna be blown out for the foreseeable future, tied up some nine three streamers for when they become fishable.

my version of the Kelly Galloup version

Daiichi J-141 #1
Embossed #10 Vernie Silver Tinsel
White over Yellow Bucktail beard
Black over Green Hackle Feathers w/Jungle c0ck

 

[Kms]

First Pat’s rubber legs, size 8. I never tie anything this big, it almost felt like spinfish lure, so I made a size 12 on a red hook with an iridescent glass bead. Not as neat, but I like the size and colors better.

 

[JimNovo]

View attachment 1641242062creeks and rivers are gonna be blown out for the foreseeable future, tied up some nine three streamers for when they become fishable.

my version of the Kelly Galloup version

Daiichi J-141 #1
Embossed #10 Vernie Silver Tinsel
White over Yellow Bucktail beard
Black over Green Hackle Feathers w/Jungle c0ck

You will get my TOTM vote!

 

[dc410]

Size 12 Breadcrust. My most favorite fly to run on the point when swinging wet flies.

 

[GHM]

Size 12 Breadcrust. My most favorite fly to run on the point when swinging wet flies.

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Recipe?

 

[dc410]

Recipe?

Hook - size 12 standard wet fly (2X strong would be good to as it would ride just a bit lower in the water column)
Thread - 12/0 nanosilk - brown
Underbody - any type of dubbing to create a tapered base to wrap the grouse quill over.
Body - Ruffed Grouse tail feather ( split, trimmed, soaked and stripped of its pith)
Hackle - Hen grizzley hackle tied soft hackle style.

PA has a history of many great flyfisherman and flytyers. The Breadcrust is also a part of that history as it originated in the 1940’s in the Pocono Mountains region of PA. The “In the Riffle” YouTube channel has a good video of how to tie the Breadcrust. This is exactly how I tie it with the exception that he uses partridge for the hackle and I use grizzley. Really any soft hackle could be used to collar it. Admittedly, the biggest pain with tying it is the prep work involved with the grouse feathers. However, it is an absolute fish catcher.

 

[nfrechet]

Mallard

Tail - Brown mallard
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[falcon]

Red phase Grouse is not easy to find. Grey phase seems more common. Grouse numbers are down in our area also. I have a grey phase tail. I am going to try spliting pheasant tail.
I have tied some in the past and like to have a little dubbing peek through the wraps. I used burnt orange dubbing. This was a good Oct Caddis imitation.

 

[nfrechet]

The original Breadcrust pattern developed decades ago by Rudy Sentiwany in the Pocono Mountains. Ed Rolka, a fellow Pennslyvanian, is credited with popularizing the Breadcrust in the west, when he moved to Colorado in 1970.

my ugly tied breadcrust

 

[falcon]

The only place I have seen it featured for sale is at Blue Quill Angler in CO. The pattern is listed in Pat Dorseys book Fly Fishing the Tailwaters. It may be tied locally in PA and other places.

 

[nfrechet]

Montreal

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Claret floss
Hackle - Claret
Wing - Dark turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Montreal Silver

Tail - Scarlet
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Claret
Wing - Brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Montreal Yellow

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow wool
Hackle - Claret
Wings - Brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

preparation and tying the breadcrust. Note: Charlie is wrong on crediting the breadcrust to ed rolka. ed rolka popularized the fly after moving to colorado

Breadcrust

Pattern Description:The Breadcrust is an old Colorado pattern developed by Ed Rolka. This fly is a bit obscure these days, as Ed has long retired from tying them commercially for the metro area shops. When Ed retired he turned the business over to South Platte Sage and commercial tyer, Pat...

charliesflybox.com

 

[dc410]

The only place I have seen it featured for sale is at Blue Quill Angler in CO. The pattern is listed in Pat Dorseys book Fly Fishing the Tailwaters. It may be tied locally in PA and other places.

I think Dorsey’s tie may be a different variation on the body material using vinyl rib and clipped ginger hackle. Somebody did that, I may be wrong with Dorsey but I’m kind of thinking it was him.

 

[falcon]

This is Dorseys pattern in the Fly Fishing the Tailwaters. He has another book which may have a alternate pattern. I wanted to chat with him at the Fly Fishing Show but he was not at his booth.