Effective stonefly patterns for north central pa

[Stogie26]

Does anyone know any effective stonefly patterns for north central PA? Especially around pine creek and other streams close like asaph.

 

[Chooch]

Nope.

Kidding. I tweak my stonefly pattern all the time. An old standby is the woven perla stone which can be found on the Flyfishers Paradise website:
http://www.flyfishersparadise.com/articles_display.php?category=Fly_Patterns&archive=true

If you do not know how to weave, here is a link illustrating it. It is done with chenille in this example but looks much better with embroidery yarn or cross stitch yarn:
http://flyanglersonline.com/flytying/advanced/part4.php

Some swear by the two toned look of the woven stone. Honetly, I think it does not make that much of a difference and a dubbed body would be just as good.

 

[sandfly]

yep sure do. pm sent

 

[wsender]

God, I hate to be that guy, but the search is functioning and works well. Within the last month I can think of three separate thread on the topic, as well as the blog on the front page which is a stonefly pattern.

 

[Foxgap239]

Point well made but I have to tell you, until someone sent me a PM about the "advanced search" feature, the only one I ever saw was the one at the top, and quite frankly, it was not my fav. Now that I know about the advanced, I use it all the time. Maybe we just need to get the word out better.

 

[Stogie26]

thanks for the tips on the patterns and the advanced search feature ive only used the regular search and that didnt turn up much

 

[delta_dog]

Advanced search feature? Ok who's gonna hook me up? I've been fumblin thru pages & pages of info using the other search function. Most days I spend 6-7 hrs on here looking for info only to get side tracked by another topic. No wonder my eyes are killing me!

 

[wgmiller]

Chain gang.

 

[jayL]

delta_dog wrote:
Advanced search feature? Ok who's gonna hook me up? I've been fumblin thru pages & pages of info using the other search function. Most days I spend 6-7 hrs on here looking for info only to get side tracked by another topic. No wonder my eyes are killing me!

Bottom right of the page.

Protip: use control f to search a loaded webpage for certain text. As someone that stares at a screen for a living, I can tell you that your eyes will be grateful.

 

[Foxgap239]

Moderators, any chance we could get a write up on the front page of the website about the advanced search feature. I for one only know about it because someone PM'd me. Maybe it would help as a nice reminder. Jayl is a truly informative and helpful person but even he is gonna get tired of telling us all!

 

[Foxgap239]

jayL wrote:
Protip: use control f to search a loaded webpage for certain text. As someone that stares at a screen for a living, I can tell you that your eyes will be grateful.

Cool tip Jayl, thank you very much.

 

[FlySwatter]

+1

Thanks JayL!