tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5005965666877496170.post-61291049064157889082008-04-16T08:43:00.014-05:002008-09-10T07:37:42.717-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Ej7YBEOS38/SAYKYwbPayI/AAAAAAAAAlo/0HQ7W0m6LdY/s1600-h/Grand+River+Special+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6Ej7YBEOS38/SAYKYwbPayI/AAAAAAAAAlo/0HQ7W0m6LdY/s400/Grand+River+Special+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189847041023372066" border="0" /></a>Here's another <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" href="http://www.guidepatterns.com/">Jerry Darkes</a> "crossover" fly pattern to share with you. He calls it the Grand River Special. As Jerry puts it, "this is really a glorified Zonker". <span>This fly's color scheme is geared to be productive in the tannic colored water which often happens during Fall rains when the leaves are falling or in cloudy water from Spring runoff. Jerry chases steelhead with this fly but it can also deceive other species like the atlantic salmon pictured above that </span><span>Jimmy Balogh (</span><span><a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" href="http://www.hydrusx.com/HydrusX07.swf"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hydrus Expeditions</span></a>) caught in Canada this past November.<br /><br /></span><span>Here's the recipe for the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Grand River Special</span><br /></span><span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hook</span>: Daiichi 2461, #2.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Body</span>: Boa Yarn, also called Eyelash Yarn (you'll probably have to go to a craft store to find it). Use a section where the color transitions. The version pictured goes from yellow to orange.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Wing</span>: Barred sand variant Zonker strip, with some gold Crystal Flash mixed in<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Hackle</span>: Gold barred variant schlappen<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Head</span>: Smallest gold cone<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Ej7YBEOS38/SAYKLAbPaxI/AAAAAAAAAlg/GxQ55W8o4Zc/s1600-h/Grand+River+Special+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6Ej7YBEOS38/SAYKLAbPaxI/AAAAAAAAAlg/GxQ55W8o4Zc/s400/Grand+River+Special+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189846804800170770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Atlantic salmon photo courtesy of </span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Balogh</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Fly photo and contribution by Jerry Darkes</span><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5005965666877496170-6129104906415788908?l=www.wayupstream.com'/></div>El Pescadorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08493288515588564941noreply@blogger.com15