What Makes a Fly Authentic?

Years in the past, after I first discovered to tie flies, my dad confirmed me a caddis sample that he mentioned his father—my grandpa—invented. This explicit fly is a mashup of what a tier as we speak would label as an Adams and an elk-hair caddis, full with the wing. It has the Adams tail, however the flat, stubby physique of the caddis. You may hackle this fly with no matter you want, however my grandpa at all times used grizzly.

That fly is exclusive in that I’ve by no means seen one other really prefer it. Whereas I don’t know if it’s unique, it definitely stands out.

So, that begs the query: what makes a fly unique?

Dom Swentosky, over at Troutbitten, solutions that query in his newest submit. Is a fly “new” when it makes use of new-to-us supplies? Or does it have to be a very unique sample, a mixture of fur and feathers that hasn’t but hit the business markets?

Dom sums it up effectively when he says, “Fly fishing has been round lengthy sufficient that it’s simple to imagine all the pieces’s already been executed. It’s true, largely. And possibly all that’s left are variations on a theme.”

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