Nancy's Prayer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- The number one Caddis on the West Branch for a good number of people. It's not a hard fly to tie but the wing feathers are hard - hard to come by.
Make friends with a fellow flyfisherman who duck hunts and trade him flies for feathers.
Nice one! Well done!
very nice
Wow, thanks for posting this. I wish I had a chance to try this pattern when I could still fish. I bet it would be great on any of the eddy sections of the Penobscot West Branch or as a drowned caddis in the rough water. I used to stop at the Pray’s store for a breakfast break from fishing. Of course, I looked through the flies but somehow never noticed this one. Duh on me. Ironically, I just finished tying 2 dozen of Eddie Reif’s West Branch Caddis for my local Healing Waters chapter. They are based on a pond, so Nancy’s Prayer & Eddie’s pattern may be be more successful than an Elk Hair Caddis. The only vendor of the white tipped wood duck feather (& the reddish one for Eddie’s pattern) that I could find is Alvin Theriault’s shop in Stacyville, ME. Both are sold in packs of 12.
Glad you like the pattern. Thanks for mentioning that Alvis's shop has packs of 12. That's important information for anyone who doesn't have a duck-hunting friend. 🙂
One person I talked to about the fly speculated that the reason that feather got chosen for the wing was that Alvin would buy whole Wood Duck skins and break them down so he could sell the Lemon Flank feathers, wings, and Black-Barred flank feathers to meet the demand. However, there was no demand for the White Tipped Breast feathers so Nancy and Bill could get them for next to nothing.
It also probably helped that while Alvin was still a warden, Alvin lived very near the Pray’s store up near Rip. It was a real disappointment when we went to camp one summer & discovered the store was closed.
As a warden, Alvin could move very silently & would usually startle the heck out of me when he stepped out of the brush & politely asked to check my fishing license.
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Pretty cool.
I tried similar patterns with a shield wing, from pheasant. They came out looking like cockroaches.
I put hackle legs on and it looked REALLY roachy
That's cool - I suspect a Roach looks like a real meal to a hungry trout. 🙂