What happened to the Last Resort? (Forgotten Fly Pattern)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2022
- Created by Tim Bedford (1909-1985) of California. This forgotten fly looks like it'll be a fish catcher to me!
Hook: #10-16 light wire dry fly
Weight: 0.015"
Thread: Black
Rib: Blue Mylar, flash or wire
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: Partridge or grouse
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Neat wet ... can imagine end of day no luck? Last Resort? Might just do it! Thanks Matt. Good job
Thanks Keith! :-)
Beautiful.
Savage Classic and Forgotten Flies Channel coming to you this Spring!
Ha! If there wasn't already a famous book out there called "Forgotten Flies" that would be the first one I'd want to publish. Maybe I will anyway since not many people want to fork over $600 for that monster of a book. :-)
@@SavageFlies its Fly Tying. There is always somebody ready to fork a lot over for a book. Ive got more than I have time to read and I keep building the library.
Great story! Not unlike a Grouse and Here or Partridge and Herl with a rib.
Exactly right Alan! At the end of the day, it's just a partridge and herl with a rib. :-)
Cool looking fly.
Thank you Matt for bringing us another historical fly.
It is good to learn about the history of fly fishing.
You're most welcome Rick! Thanks for the note my friend. :-)
hey matt cool name and pattern thanks and as always i will be watching...have a great week...see ya joe...peace
Thanks Joe and you too my friend!
I like that blue. That really pops.
Thanks Ryan! I do wonder how distinct this blue will be to a fish's eyes underwater. I'll bet it does really pop.
I really like this one Matt. Thanks for sharing.
You bet Chad! Thanks for the note. :-)
Good Morning Sir Matt, classie looking fly, just an idea if no one has blue flash you can stretch opal mylar and it turns blue. I've used that technique from time to time. Just a cool little trick I heard when I started to learn to ty flies. Great video Sir Matt Thank You.
Neat suggestion. I will have to try it. Thanks. -Bob
I never knew that Edward; I'll have to give it a try! You have a great week my friend. :-)
Awesome fly!! Gonna try these out here in the Ozarks!! Thanks Stay safe in this next round of winter!!
That's awesome Richard! I forget you are out there in the Ozarks. I might have to bug you for some history when I write my first book. I definitely want to have a chapter on Ozark patterns. :-)
People, this fly is obviously a killer on deeper holding trout. In 1996 I created a fly much like this to fish on the Caney Fork River, which is a weighted wet fly. I call it the Caney Fork Killer. The river is a fishable tailrace river below Center Hill Dam in Tennessee. Blue Body, gold rib. 10 turns of .010 Lead, black tail, and black soft hackle. I feel this fly has much to do with the way you can fish it deep and the black-blue combinations will work in many trout streams. Thank you, Matt, for bringing this LAST RESORT to the front of the line. I will for sure tie up a mess of these for the Caney Fork too.
LOVE this old pattern, nice tie, this is a pattern I KNOW will work on my favorite super high mountain lake, can’t wait to tie and fish it. Much oblige. L 👍🎣👍
Well thank you Leonard! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Nice tie Matt !
Thank you Yvon! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
JUST SUPER,,,,👍. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND CREATIVITY YOU BRING TO ALL OF US,,, PLEASE BE SAFE AND HEALTHY,,, WELL DONE. !!
Thank you EJ; I appreciate the kind words. And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Cool fly! Thanks Matt 👍
Thanks Scott! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Coffee time good morning Matt☕️☕️
That is a really nice looking fly, nicely done 👍
Well thank you Jim! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Good fly & nice in its simplicity.
Thanks Bob!
Love this pattern! I'm always on the lookout for flies with blue and here's why. I did an experiment where I tied a fly of each color starting with a Yellow Sally. I tried red, orange, pink, blue, and green. I fished our rivers here for Dolly Varden changing flies often. The all blue fly performed the best! I called it the Blue Classic. It's tied exactly like a Yellow Sally but all components are blue plus a silver or gold tinsel wrap. I'm sure this fly will do well as all the ingredients are killer!
Thanks Matt good morning everyone
Good morning Marty! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Tried these out yesterday. They caught fish after fish when little else was effective. Handed a few out on the lake too. Thanks for the pattern, I think the blue flash makes a big difference
Great comment Paulo! Thank you for leaving it. There really must be something about the blue that the fish aren't used to seeing that triggers them.
Great fly, I swing those flies regularly on the Owens in California. To me it was known as the “Kobi Killer”
Cool to know Bobby! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Nice fly. Looks like it would work well in Maryland.
Thanks Edward! I'd say this style of pattern is probably a universal fish catcher. :-)
Great stuff ! Thanks Matt !
You got it! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Yay a first, a pattern I don't need to buy any new materials to tie!
GM MATT. Thanks for another Great Video, 👍 not going to FORGET this One🤣👍
Ha! I see what you did there John. Maybe this video will help keep it around for a few more years. :-)
Good morning Matt. Nothing better than coffee and a great tying video before work. I will be adding this to my box. Keep these coming so we dont forget these great old flies. Have a great day stay safe my friend.
Thanks Karl! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Tuesday with Matt ain't a bad way to start the day..Thanks again for sharing your time and talent ! KANSAS
You bet Jack! I always appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
That's a good looking fly. I'm definitely going to make a few.
Simple and classic Ash. Sometimes the best fish catchers! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Matt, have you ever tried tying a trolling fly?
Cool looking fly. I like the use of crystal flash as a tinsel.
Yeah, I don't do that often, but it occasionally comes in handy. (I have a lot more colors of crystal flash than I do spooled tinsel.)
"Very simple" indeed! That's going to be a fish catcher. Thanks for sharing, Matt.
Thanks Jim! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Hey, what do you mean ‘old’ ? 😆. I was married with three kids then. Seems like yesterday. Time May be a constant but sure does fly by. Love simple and this one is that but should fish great. Thx Matt!
Ha! Sorry about that Clyde. The 80s seem like yesterday to me, but then when I realize they were over 30 years ago, yeah I feel old. :-)
In The Catskills we call it a Partridge and Peacock. I tie it with a Silver Wire Wire.
I've tied a similar pattern for years, and it's been far from my last resort! But now I think I'll have to switch things up and tie this pattern. Great video!
Thanks! I appreciate the note. Now where are these freshwater flats you mention in your TH-cam handle??
@@SavageFlies Wisconsin!
Tied 3 of these a year ago and never used them. Started swinging them about 8 inches behind a wooly bugger, and cannot keep fish off of them - especially rainbows and smallmouth, interestingly. Had to come back to remember how to tie some more
Great background information and looks to be a catcher. Will make a few up for next week on the Waioeka River down-under in NZ.Thanks.
Thanks John and good luck my friend!
That's a great fly, nice job👍👍👍
Appreciate it Thomas!
Thanks Matt, great looking fly. I really enjoy seeing, and learning old historic flies, and vintage equipment. God bless.
Very nice old ty , and alota history thanks Matt. Another great fly to add to my TD list. Tight lines Denny.
Appreciate it Denny! You know I love these old forgotten patterns. :-)
This is one of those flies that when you look at it you just know it is going to catch fish! The history lesson really makes your videos special and I hope this reintroduces "the Last Resort" to the fly tying community.
Thank you Garrett! That's my goal too. And the way TH-cam is, who knows, this video could still be around 10+ years from now when some young author is researching flies for a book and he could decide on this one. Or I could include it in one of my future books. :-)
Common materials, great pattern. I have tied the same thing without the blue rib, or the weight...going to add those. Thanks for sharing, Matt. Have a blessed day my friend.
You bet Todd! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Love the way you often incorporate history of the fly! Great soft hackle! Thx for sharing Matt
I love this pattern. I'll have to try it out here on the San juan or rio grand and see. Simple but elegant like you said.. I need a row of these!
Absolutely Pierce! And for sunny days, you might even consider putting a gold bead on it. :-)
Good morning Matt. Really like the looks of this one. I think it will work for still water so I’m going to add some to my fly box. Thinking I’ll need to use Edward’s mylar trick because I’m not sure I have the blue color you were using. Will be digging out today….winter blizzard hit yesterday. Highways were closed in the area, you know all the fun winter stuff. 🙄. Need one more coffee before I pick up the shovel. Take care Matt.
It works Sir and it makes any fly look great. It catches human eyes and I'm sure it will catch trout eyes.
Thanks John! You know I always told my wife I wanted to retire somewhere up north. She didn't want any of that business so at least we compromised and decided on the mountains. Enough cold weather and snow a few times a year to keep it interesting. And of course, not too far from decent trout water. :-)
I don't fish them as often as I should, but I love classic soft hackles and wet flies. With modern materials, dubbings, resins.. you can make some wonderfully effective flies.
You and me both Matt! I almost always start with dries if I think I can make them work. Then nymphs, and if that doesn't work, I'll reluctantly start swinging old school wet flies. Now if I was a better fisherman, I'd be able to catch with any of the above. :-)
Beautiful and simple pattern. Thanks for the history lesson. Have a great day my friend!
You bet Alex! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Beautiful fly Matt! I tied this soft hackle outta my head years ago without knowing I wasn't the first. Thanks for the history too. I tied mine in holo blue and red. Blue flies of all sorts (near the bottom of the visible spectrum) appear as living bugs to trout. Let thy tying egos float on the wind...embrace with confidence blue materials...from #22 midges to #2 streamers.
Good morning Matt. Classy looking fly. The blue rib looks great against the Peacock Hurl. Seems simple enough to tie. Thank you for a great video.
You bet Jeff; thank you! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Thanks Matt ! Nice Video. I too love the History of Mr. Bedford .
Brings the sport to life !!
Thank you John! I too like studying the history when I can dig it up. :-)
That's a neat trick with the Krystal flash, I never thought of making it flat like that. I always learn something new from you Matt!
Very nice pattern. Should be an easy yet productive fly to tie ! Thank you Matt for another great tying video and another really neat fly and history lesson! I hope everyone survived the last snow storm and the one that’s coming in the next couple days. Take care and be safe!
Another storm coming?? What? I hope not. I survived the last one but we've had snow on the ground for at least two of the last three weeks and that's more than I need. :-) But thanks for the note!
awesome ! I created a fly just like this years ago only used gold wire instead of blue. you can also invent one using various tag ends of your tying thread. surprised they didn't think of this back in Great Britain a couple of centuries ago. oh what, they did? nevermind.
Goodmorning Matt, great way to start my day! Nice looking forgotten fly. Definitely going to try this later today. I really enjoy it you make videos on forgotten patterns. I bet this one is still a great fish catcher even today!! Have a great day and stay safe!!
Thanks Steve! You know I suppose it's semi-forgotten because it's similar enough to an old standby, the Partridge and Herl. But still... it's got blue in it! It's a totally different fly. :-)
Love the history of this fly and sharp looking. I will have to add this to the box forsure. Thanks Matt for sharing
You bet Layton! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Very nice fly! I’m saving this one too! I have a bunch I’m going to be tying up this weekend! Thank you Matt! I love watching your videos before I head off to work!
That's great to hear Barbara! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Great looking fly enjoyed the history lesson also thanks
Thank you John; I appreciate you watching my friend!
Nice one.
Nice fly I might have to try that one out
Go for it Lora! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Hi Matt! Great review. Like how you researched the founder of this fly. It a simple fly that looks good. Every person should have 2 or 3 in their arsenal of flies. I know I will. Thanks for the share and have a good day.
You bet Nich! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Nice fly and video Matt, will definitely be trying this one on the rivers over here.
Thanks Graham! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Thanks Matt this one is going into my all around box.
Outstanding! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
That is a gorgeous looking fly and it definitely looks like a fish catcher
Thanks for the video Matt
You bet Dave! I appreciate it my friend. :-)
Wow very nice
Hello Matt. This is a great pattern. The red butt version is one of my confidence flies that I've used for years. Red thread tag, silver wire rib, peacock and partridge. I enjoy your history lessons and the way you bring older patterns back in the limelight. Best to you. Pipes
Well thank you Pipes! I appreciate the kind words. And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Hi from Rolla Missouri 🎣🤠 Dave.
This reminds me of a fly called a flimph. I use it for Pan fishing. It will never let me down. I also like a red tail. Good health for you and your's 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes
Cool fly
Seems Ive heard of the Last Resort…. But it may be that someone was describing a pattern that worked when all else failed.
Memory is tricky like that.
I always think of the old Peacock and Ginger when I see flies of this type.
The blue rib is unique, though.
I’m gonna tie one in size 8 or even 6 and see what bites!
Thanks Matt!
Thank you David! And yep, memory can be tricky like that. And PS: cool dime you used to show those Eagle Claw hooks in your last blog post. :-)
@@SavageFlies thanks kindly.
….that dime is officially called, “Liberty with Phrygian Cap.”
Unofficially, people call it a Mercury dime.
Definitely tying a few of these. One Of the instructors in my Flytying class claims that blue works best on our home river. The other fisherman I’ve never tried blue but will definitely give this a try.
Outstanding David! Now that I think about it, blue really isn't all that common in today's patterns. Purples, reds and pinks are more common hot spots, but I kind of dig this little touch of blue. :-)
Love it, thanks for "saving" another forgotten fly!
That's why I'm here Tory! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
I glade I stumbled on to your channel watched one and hooked past the barb now binging.( on injured reserve off work)looks like a partridge and orange style to me.
Exactly right Anthony! It's a P&O but with a thicker body. :-) I appreciate the note my friend, and certainly glad you found the channel. :-)
Nice fly. Very elegant indeed. I think blue wire or thread or flash maybe enhances the iridescent effect? Blue and green look great together ion many iridescent insects and fish anyway.. I'd fish it any day. :-)
Thanks for the note Terry! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
It's a great pattern and fishes very well.my buddy ties this one and fishes with great success
That's great to hear Mike; thanks! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Now that is a great looking pattern great tutorial Matt
Thank you Rocky! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
That's a fish catcher..👍
I agree Rich! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Lovely classic pattern, Matt! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Nicole! I always appreciate you watching. :-)
@@SavageFlies Great content. I love learning the snippets of history, too! :-)
Another nice fly Matt. I'm thinking that a red or yellow rib might work well too but the blue is awesome. Gotta tell ya what I found on marketplace yesterday. I bought 5 fly vests for $20, not $20 each but $20 for all five. Three fit and 2 didn't but still at $6.67 each I think it was a pretty good deal especially when three were about 12 or 15 flies on one of the patches. Keep the good stuff coming buddy.
That's awesome Dave! I love finds like that. One of my cool finds in recent months was an old WWII pilot's survival fishing kit. It had eight flies in it, four different patterns. I haven't been successful in researching what they are exactly but when I do I want to tie them for the channel. Any cool unnamed flies on these vests? Anything worth researching and trying to tie up?
@@SavageFlies Matt I have no idea. As you know I'm not much of a trout guy so i really don't know what I've got. I'm pretty busy right now trying to get ready to go to Daytona for about a week and a half to go racing. Maybe I can get some pictures when I get back. Remind me around the end of the month. I know a bunch, probably half of them are on really, really small and sharp hooks.
@@johnnylightning1491 No worries but if you think about it when you get back just shoot me a picture. Have fun in Daytona! Safe travels. 😎
This has become my go to fly for small streams in the driftless area. I use a size 14 hook and tie two varieties, one as seen here with a blue wire, the other with red thread and a red wire (I like a red tag on the back too). Both work equally well.
Hey Matt 👋 I fish a personal pattern I made up years ago that is very similar to this pattern, and it has caught me a ton of fish. The name of my fly is different. I always say peacock tied in a fly will always interest the fish. Excellent pattern 👌 thanks Matt. 👍👍
I agree Jim! I've been known to add peacock herl when it has no business being used. I just love it. :-)
Thanks Matt, a very nice looking little nymph video, that was a great tie. I see you nicked the thread on the whip finish that only a 4k camera would see. The color combo looked very fishy, the Last Resort resurrected by Matt O’Neil.
Ha! I can't get anything by you Lee! Yes, I nicked my thread there, but fortunately it was at the end and didn't leave me with a mess. :-)
Hey Matt
Yes sir really like this fly.I don’t have exactly right material for it right now so will tie a variant until I can get some.Love to see the old stuff hanging in there .Will definitely keep this alive.Think maybe pearl holograph and mallard breast might work.We’ll see.
Only trouble is with so many great ones we’ve gotten from you how do you choose when you get to the water??
Ha! Great question Fredrick. Sometimes when I get to the river, I still find myself just reaching for my old standard Elk Hair Caddis and Parachute Adams. Then I have to remind myself to try something new. :-)
Looks like First Resort to me!!!!
Ha! I can't argue there Bob. :-)
thanks for sharing
You bet Michael! I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Very nice...
Thanks Randy! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Hi Matt. As I observe this pattern it reminds me of all the other peacock herl. and soft hackle flys. One thing for certain is they all catch fish. I think the blue ribbing works as an attractor like so many flys with blue dubbing or blue robbing. I’ve even used blue perdigones with success. Thanks for resurrecting this fly pattern. I have tied several of the flys you presented and designated their own fly box as I intend to continue fishing wet fly patterns in the dropper position above my weighted point nymphs and stonefly’s.
Thank you Ed; I appreciate the kind words of encouragement! And you may be right that the blue in this might be just different enough to act as a hot spot for trout that aren't used to seeing blue.
I like this one very cool
Thanks Wayne! I appreciate you watching all these old ties my friend. :-)
Dobra robota 👍
Nice one Matt. No picture? Just a recipe? As a "last resort" you tied it the only way you knew how. ;o) That is a nice wet fly, can't go wrong with peacock, or grouse. I don't know about partridge, never had any, just ruffed grouse. That blue rib is a bonus, good for low light. I tie some soft hackles on dry fly hooks, keeps it higher in the water column, unweighted of course. Have you ever tried stripping one side of the feather for a sparser hackle collar? Thanks for lesson, you have quite the library!
Well I've never used grouse but I hear it's very similar to partridge. Which I love the look of but even the smallest feathers have long fibers. And yes, I do occasionally strip one side of the feather and I did test that on this one but it was just a little too sparse. Maybe it would have looked better? I'm not sure. And speaking of my library, I found this source online. I was researching some other tier and when I stumbled across this guy. Check it out if you're interested, but these old issues read more like an academic journal than anything else. But still kind of interesting. www.amff.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/1985-Vol12-No4web.pdf
@@SavageFlies Thanks Matt. Yeah, old school writing, size of the print made it tiring to read. Some of the methods used by native people to fish I've read in Brooks' Trout Fishing, Valla's Bucktails, and maybe Whitelaw's History in 50 flies. That pdf even described "noodling" for catfish! Also, I think people still use fish decoys as a "lure" for spearing pike. Bittersweet to hear of the abundance of fish and game back then. Cool stuff Matt, gotta go find me some 7 hand high moose, and salmon decoys 🤓👍
@@SavageFlies I forgot, happy ground hog day! By tomorrow P. Phil maybe under a foot of snow!
Morning Matt Another wonderful video just curious where did you get your Spring loaded hackle pliers 🎣🙏
Thank you Michael! I'm using the Stonfo Pinza Elite (smaller size). I probably got it from J. Stockard but it's the same as this one: amzn.to/3s8Dt7o
@@SavageFlies Thank you Matt. Tite lines My Friend Catch a monster🎣🙏
Partridge and peacock variation with some synthetic material
Blue tinsel is a good attractor.imo.
I think you might be right! I'm not sure why it's not used more though. :-)
Nice job Matt! Is this more of an emerger type of fly? I have dries, midges, hoppers and nymphs but need to tie some wets. Thanks again Matt!
The beauty of many wet flies are that they are ambiguous. Nymph, drowned adult, emerger, fish fry.. could be anything. Just impressionistic enough to look like a snack. Very versatile.
Absolutely Todd; I agree with Matt here. Fishermen have debated for hundreds of years what we think trout think a wet fly is. At the end of the day we'll probably never know. Just something that looks like a snack. :-) As for this particular fly though, it's not an emerger. As it's weighted it'll get fairly deep. I'd fish it as a standard nymph under an indicator, or swing it through the riffles as a wet.
Paul Jorgenson had a similar pattern he coined the Insult nymph. He used hackle fibers for a tail and legs
TH-cam has a video if you search the site
Thanks! I'll definitely check it out. :-)
Hi Matt, any thoughts on using embroidery yarn as a tying material? It seems cheap and comes in so many cool colors!
Absolutely! Ken has been bugging me to try a woven bodied nymph and I'll definitely be using embroidery thread for that.
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Is this a dry or wet fly looks very easy to tie up as a novice.
Definitely is Mitch! And this is a wet fly (or could be fished as a nymph as well). As a general rule of thumb, most flies with peacock herl bodies are wets or nymphs. And definitely any flies that are weighted. Thanks for watching!
Simple enough
Cool fly,and cool name.I can see this fly catching fish.Matt please do a review on Smittys mounthy fly box.We got Cloie the combo box.Maggie got Callie the same box.The girls says it's the best gift ever.When the girls get together it's the first thing they talk about.The combo box is for beginer and intermediate tiers.It's $30 a mounth.They are great.You get two patterns in the box,a pack of top of the line hooks,beads,a spool of thread,and all matearls to tye the flies,and instruction.He does online tying the patterns on you tube.If the pattern calls for wire or floss,you get a spool of that too.There are regalar box's too they are $20 a box.In the reviews a lot of people got the beginer box then went with the intermediate box.Check out Smittys fly box's online and see what you think. Linda
Thanks Ken, I imagine those are great boxes. I used to subscribe to Postfly every month. I'm familiar with Smitty's but unfortunately I would have to subscribe to that each month to do a review and that's not something I really need. I'd much rather pick my own products to review and giveaway. But I appreciate the note!
@@SavageFlies I told Linda not to post this but she didn't listen. Ken