Fly Tying a Little Brown Stone - Classic American Stonefly Pattern

From Dave Hughes' 1986 "American Fly Tying Manual," this Little Brown Stonefly is an easy-to-tie but super effective stonefly pattern. In the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, this stonefly is often the first major hatch to emerge. Hook: #12-14 1x long dry fly Thread: Brown Tail: Pheasant tail fibers Rib: Brown thread Body: Brown synthetic dubbing Wing: Single grizzly hackle tip Hackle: Grizzly 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.