Southeastern Flies : A Collection of Flies, Fly-Tying and Fly-Fishing Tips for Use on the Tailwaters, Streams and Lakes of the Southeastern United States

by L.J. DeCuir

• ISBN13: 9780897323048
• ISBN10: 0897323041
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Summary

An extensive collection of traditional and innovative patterns and tying tips.

Table of Contents

Fly Fishing in the Southeast	ix
Acknowledgments	xii
Introduction	1	(4)
Dry Flies and Emergers
The Hair Winged Caddis	5	(5)
The Henryville Special	10	(2)
The Parachute	12	(4)
The Biot-Bodied Parachute	16	(3)
The Comparadun	19	(4)
Catskill-Style Flies	23	(4)
The Mr. Rapidan and Wulff-Style Flies	27	(4)
The Humpy	31	(3)
The Quill-Bodied Flies	34	(4)
The Quill-Winged Flies	38	(4)
The American Express	42	(3)
The Green Drake	45	(3)
The Thorax Fly	48	(2)
The Black Fly	50	(2)
The Trico	52	(2)
The Poly Wing Midge	54	(5)
The Quigley Emerger	59	(3)
The Klinkhammer Special	62	(6)
Wet Flies
Wet Flies: A Neglected Heritage	68	(1)
The Leadwing Coachman	69	(2)
The Soft Hackle Wet	71	(3)
The Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Wet Fly	74	(2)
Tying Silks	76	(2)
The Silk Midge Larva	78	(2)
The Belle Watling	80	(3)
The Red Assed Pheasant Tail Wet	83	(2)
The Arkansas Red Butt	85	(2)
The Hard-Bodied Ant Wet Fly	87	(3)
The Improved McGinty	90	(5)
Nymphs and Other Subsurface Patterns
Gettin' Down: Alternate Nymphing Techniques	95	(4)
The Bead Head Pheasant Tail	99	(3)
The Pheasant Tail Nymph---Original Patterns	102	(3)
The Pheasant and Peacock	105	(3)
The Olive Bead Head	108	(2)
The Prince Nymph	110	(2)
The Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph	112	(2)
The Red Fox Squirrel Nymph	114	(2)
The Scud	116	(3)
The Sowbug	119	(3)
The Caddis Sparkle Pupa	122	(2)
The Glass Bead Bodied Nymph	124	(3)
Midge Larva and Pupas	127	(1)
The Brassie	127	(1)
The WD-40	128	(2)
The Clinch River Midge	130	(2)
The Pheasant Tail Midge	132	(3)
The Muskrat Nymph	135	(2)
The Stonefly Nymph	137	(2)
The Hellgrammite/Stonefly Nymph	139	(2)
The Montana Nymph	141	(3)
The Woolly Worm	144	(2)
The Zug Bug	146	(2)
The Damsel Wiggle Nymph	148	(5)
Streamers and Woolly Buggers
The Woolly Bugger	153	(3)
The Worm Bugger	156	(3)
The Booby and Floating Woolly Buggers	159	(4)
The Muddler Minnow	163	(3)
Controlling Density and Sink Rates of Fly Patterns	166	(3)
The Clouser Minnow	169	(3)
Fly Fishing for Gar	172	(3)
The Godawful Garish Gar Grabber	175	(4)
The Hellgrammite	179	(2)
The Datchett Razzler	181	(2)
``Casting Call,''	183	(4)
Carry Trudeau
Terrestrials
The Deer Hair Beetle	187	(2)
Al's Cricket	189	(2)
Foam/Latex Ants	191	(4)
The Foam Hopper	195	(3)
The Fur Ant	198	(1)
The Mylar Beetle	199	(3)
The Great Smokies
Origins of the Flies of the Great Smoky Mountains	202	(5)
The Yallerhammer	207	(3)
The Tellico Nymph	210	(1)
Blackburn Tellico Nymph	211	(1)
David's Tellico Nymph	212	(2)
The Thunderhead	214	(2)
Other Smoky Mountain Trout Fly Patterns	216	(3)
Pat's Flies	219	(1)
Pat's Nymph	219	(1)
The Miller Nymph	220	(2)
The Smoky Mountain Blackbird	222	(3)
Bobby's Flies	225	(1)
The Sunshine Fly	225	(1)
The Buckwheat Fly	226	(4)
Fly Tying and Other Information
Basic Fly-tying Tools	230	(4)
The Anarchist Fly Swap	234	(4)
The Bulldog Scud	238	(3)
Parts of the Hook and Fly Proportions	241	(1)
Parts of Flies	242	(1)
Glossary and Fly Tying Techniques	243	(19)
Fly Selections for Specific Purposes	262	(6)
Hook Equivalency Chart	268	(3)
Southern Appalachian Insect List	271	(3)
Southeastern Fly-Fishing on the WWW	274	(5)
Bibliography	279	(5)
Index	284