Dandy Reiner ties another handy pattern for us this week. You can find these in most fly shops but if you tie them yourself, you need to make sure you get the profile right.
The Floating Baetis Emerger pattern works great on western waters in the spring and fall.

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Hook:       Standard or ...

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Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni Thread
Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest
Body: Rear half, Orange Wool, front half, Purple Wool
Ribbing: Fine Oval Silver Tinsel for rear half, larger Oval Silver Tinsel for front half
Hackle: Small Orange Saddle Hackle over rear half, Blue Eared...

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Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Purple Wool
Ribbing: Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Blue Eared Pheasant Palmered Full Length of Body
Throat Hackle: Peacock Neck Feather
Wing: Bronze Mallard

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Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Orange 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Pink Wool
Ribbing: Fine Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Hot Orange Schlappen
Throat Hackle: Purple Mallard Flank
Wing: 4 Shrimp Orange Neck Hackles tied back to back
The combination of colors in the Winter Spey, has proven to be ...

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Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Orange 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Pink Wool
Ribbing: Fine Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Hot Orange Schlappen
Throat Hackle: Purple Mallard Flank
Wing: 4 Shrimp Orange Neck Hackles tied back to back

According to his mother, Dave began fishing with an actual fly while backpacking in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains. Such trips were an inspiration for Dave. Returning home, he would scrounge materials and begin tying. Dave has studied fly casting under Joan Wulff, worked with school districts to deve...

This pattern was pulled from Bob Jacklin's Yellowstone Patterns a just released film available on DVD

Boots Allen Ties his Brown Drake Emerger.
Runtime: 19:42

Boots Allen is a third generation guide and outfitter from Western Wyoming. Over the last 18 years, he has had the opportunity to fish and guide at destinations around the world, including Argentina, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Costa ...

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Hook: Dai-Riki 320, size 6-8
Thread: Fluorescent orange or red 6/0
Body: Pink 2mm ribbed Fly Foam
Wing: First-light or bleached elk hair; Second-light gray or tan thin Fly Foam folded back to form the head, topped with orange Fly Foam for the strike indicator
Legs: Medium speckled-...

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Hook : 3xl size 8 #285 Dia - Rikki
Thread : 3/0 Mono cord
Tail : Pearl Krystal Flash
Body : SLF Prizm dubbing olive brown
Under Body : .20 lead
Wing : Squirrel Zonker strip
Collar : Wrapped pine squirrel

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Hook: Dai-Riki #320, # 12,14, 16
Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 6/0
Wing: CDC, Natural Dun
Body: Rooster Saddle stem, Saddle Brown
Thorax: Superine Dubbin, Brown
Parachute: EP Fibers, White
Hackle: Rooster Saddle, Grizzly

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Hook- #14 light wire scud/Czech nymph style
Thread- olive
Body- olive superfine dubbing
Wing-post-natural cdc dyed dark olive
Wing-post side-yellow dyed mallard flank
Hackle-med. Dyed dun rooster neck

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Hook: Tiemco 101 sz 14 through 18
Tail: Mayfly Tails, Medium Dun (tied long and split)
Abdomen: Quill, Pale Morning Dun
Wing: Snowshoe hare, Medium Dun (hair from back feet)
Thorax: SuperFine Dubbing, Pale Morning Dun
Hackle: Dun (tied Marinaro thorax style)

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Hook: Daiichi 2451 sz 2 through 4
Articulated Shank: 55mm through 35mm
Flymen Fishing Company Sculpin Helmet: Large or Small - Brown
Tail: Marabou, Black Barred Tan (tied on hook) supported by several wraps of Brown Saddle Hackle
Butt: Marabou, Black Barred Tan supported by se...

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Hook: TMC 206 BL #14-#10
Thread: Dark to Med Olive 8/8
Tail: Micro-Fibits or Paint Brush
Extended Body: Deer Hair olive - “Fine”
Thorax: Olive Dubbing
Wing: Olive Mallard Flank
Hackle: Light-olive or Grizzly

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Hook- #10 2 x long dry
Thread- black for the back section and orange for the front
Egg- black foam
Tails- brown goose biots
Body- dark olive/green micro chenille
Under wing- anti static mylar
Over wing- root beer micro crystal flash
Main wing and head- medium dun cdc
Legs-black...

Bubba's Phat Ant may not seem like a fish catcher but it is. And, really stands out on the water.

Dan Gard spent 18 years as a fishing guide and has been tying flies for 25. He serves as a Signature Tyer with Yellowstone Fly Goods.
He began tying flies because back then the market only had limit...

Matt Wilhelm of the Yellowstone Fly Fishing school shows how to tie this spruce moth pattern developed originally by Bob Jacklin

Matt Wilhelm ties up another great trout pattern for us, the March Brown Soft Hackle. He also has some great info about the insects and how they shed their exoskeleton in this one. You can find more about Matt at Yellowstone Fly Fishing School

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Hook: DaiRiki #125 Size 12 Curve Shanked Eme...

Dandy Reiner. Dandy owns Hatch Finders Fly shop (https://www.hatchfinders.com/) in Livingston, MT. She learned the art of fly tying from her father Dean, another of our favorites. Today she is tying a leggy spruce moth pattern for us.

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Legs: Round Rubber, small or medium, Tan
Hook: ...

Matt Wilhelm of the https://yellowstoneflyfishingschool.com/ ties up another great mayfly fly tying pattern for trout. Matt is no neophyte to fly fishing for trout and many other species. He's been teaching and guiding for decades. This dry fly pattern not only looks elegant to us but also to tho...