June will be here before you know it! 🌞
This fly is a great cripple pattern for late spring/early summer. The slate drake, or Isonychia, can be seen hatching from June all the way to October. Slate drakes will usually swim to the banks to hatch, but will also hatch mid-channel in larger streams and rivers. I used turkey biots on this pattern that were dyed by Henry Ramsay, whom I was fortunate to meet at the Codorus Outdoor Show. We both agreed that many colors on the market are not very accurate to the actually colors of the insects we try to imitate as fly fisherman. I can say by the looks of how this pattern turned out that I will definitely be using more materials from Mr. Ramsay in the future!
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The rusty spinner is a must have when fishing spring and summer evenings. The PFD Rusty Spinner provides extra visibility when fishing in lowlight conditions 🔅 (P.S. tying with a camera in front of your is a lot more difficult than it seems, but I managed to fix the head on the fly in this video)
02/02/2026
Small but effective! The Matt’s Midge is a great winter dry fly pattern, and will also work year round! Good fly for this cold time of year 🥶
01/30/2026
Riverfront Custom Flies will have a table at the Codorus Outdoor Show by Codorus Trout Unlimited on February 7th! Swing by to
grab some flies!
Materials:
Tail - Light Dun Hackle Fibers
Body - Yellow Superfine Dubbing
Wing - Yellow CDC
03/12/2025
03/06/2025
FOR SALE! I have two patterns up, the Buford Sucker and a Silver T-bone. DM cor more details!
03/04/2025
You can’t go wrong with a sucker pattern 🎏
The bucktail color scheme on this Buford is very popular for sucker imitations. I will be tying a few more to drop for sale in the next few days, so stay tuned!
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