Fly Tying a Little Yellow Stone - Classic American Dry Fly Pattern

From Dave Hughes' "American Fly Tying Manual," the Little Yellow Stone is a two-hackled generic stonefly imitation for matching the yellow sallies or any of the smaller yellow stoneflies you'll often find in the mid-Atlantic or Appalachian region. Hook: #10-12 dry fly Thread: Yellow Tail: Yellow grizzly hackle fibers Body: Yellow synthetic yarn (or dubbing) Hackle (front and rear): Grizzly dry fly hackle (died yellow) Dave Hughes books used in this series "Essential Trout Flies," by Dave Hughes. https://amzn.to/3lbCZYX American Fly Tying Manual," by Dave Hughes. https://amzn.to/3niNL1q Savage Flies is a project with the mission of encouraging and teaching fly tying to as many people as possible. The channel is named after one of my western Maryland homewaters, the Savage River. I've been uploading at least three new videos a week (usually Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday). Thanks for stopping by. Please let me know in the comments if you have any tying tips you would like to share or if you have any patterns you would like to see tied here.