Frank Sawyer nymphs

[catskilljohn]

My friend Janne of Sweden visited us 4 or 5 years ago for the Guilds tying event in Roscoe. When the show was closing down, he caught me as we were leaving and handed me a little container with some nymphs. It wasn't till I got home and did some research that I realized what a great gift it was.

Janne mentioned they were most likely tyed by Franks wife, she was keeping the ball rolling for a while after Frank.

So, here is a picture of them, a Killer bug, tyed with Chadwicks 477 maybe? a Gray Goose and a Pheasant Tail.



I caught one of my best fish on a #18 Sawyer style PT about 3 years ago at Horse Brook Run, been using them ever since.

CJ

[narcodog]

I caught some very nice Cutts on the Killer Bug using 477 sub. But I do have some of the real stuff.

[dennis]

CJ, Sawyer's PT is still my number one fly when nymph fishing. Not the american version tyed by Al Troth with legs and peacock herl.
I fish it like Sawyer did (Induced Take) by letting it sink to the bottom and rising it to imatate a natrual nymph. Never fished the Grey Goose before but I should with all the cranefly larva and caddis larva on the streams I fish. What's the closet material today for the Chadwicks 477 ?

Oh yea, your very welcome for the articals. Glad I could help out. Dennis

[narcodog]

Dennis you can get a sub from Great Feathers it is from Veniards.

[dennis]

Thanks narco

[ewpeper]

The PT is on my list of the all-time great flies ever created. I have to admit that I do not tie it in the traditional Sawyer method. I use olive thread, but I do rib with copper wire. I have bastardized it into a floating variation with a tiny post and a miniature (relative to the hook size) parachute hackle, and that has proved to be very effective on the Henry's Fork.

Eric