I know I'm late, but am from S.West. PA personally. I tie my PTN's w/beads all the way up to 10. Yeah, they're big, but they still work. I also like Woolly Buggers as well. The guy that taught me to tie had the nickname in our club of Spawn Don for his affection for Sucker Spawn in all ranges of colors - cream being his favorite color. One of the famous books about fishing PA waters (I know this is stupid, but I cannot remember his name but know it's not the Landis or Wolfe book) also includes either a blue or purple glo-bug as well as a must have for PA streams. I've also seen 10-14's Red Tag's work well too (red yarn tail, peacock herl body, brown/furnace hackle at the neck/head).
Garry
At 10:58 PM 9/27/2006, you wrote:
Hello all-
I just found out today that a fellow coworker has picked up a fly-rod for the first time Tuesday and is 'hooked' after C&R-ing a gorgeous 17- inch rainbow trout on his first cast (now THAT is beginner's luck!). Here's the question for the group: He doesn't tie his own flies, and while I'm steering him that route, what do you suggest I tie up for him to use in the meantime, as a gift? As it is fall here in Pennsylvania, terrestrials are about all that is out (save a few late- hatching Little- BWO's / Slate Drakes at around size 18 or 20 and 'Ghostflies' = white mayflies around size 14 or 16).
So far, I have a half dozen of each of these tied for him:
Size 12 BH Prince Nymph
Size 14 Black Gnat dry, Coachman- Brown EHC, and Foam Black Beetles
Size 16 BHGRHE (hare's ear), PTN, Isonychia Swimmers, and Lt Cahill Thorax (Dry)
Size 18 BWO, Black Ant, and Claret/ Cinnamon Ant
and Size 20 Brown-n-Olive Al's Rats (midge pupa pattern)
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance and Tight Lines,
Pete
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