I was recently pleased to rediscover a pattern that I first discovered 30 years ago at the Camp Sherman Store on the Metolius River (Oregon). The Stovepipe seemed odd back then and it still does, yet it worked mucho back then and I am anxious to see if it will work again. The above fly is on a size 10 hook with a golden pheasant tail, an olive chenille body, an orange hackle beard and a wing of natural mallard. Does it look like a Caddis?….Probably not, but really what does a Stayner Ducktail suggest?

Looking forward to fishing this pattern on a river or even a lake. Nice to see that after so many years this pattern is still in a fly cubicle at the Camp Sherman Store. Oh, the original did not have a bead head.