Pine Special

[shortrod2]

The only thing I have to add is that I believe the Pine Creek Special is an imitations of the Brown Drake not the Green Drake. In his book Pennsylvania Trout Streams and Their Hatches, Meck describes a group of anglers mislabeling Brown Drakes as Green Drakes on Pine Creek.

 

[mario66pens]

Russ was my dad's fly fishing mentor. He said I would have gotten along with him real well, wish I could've met him.

 

[DaveS]

I knew Russ quite well also. He and the late Don Robb where the original founding fathers of Forbes Trail TU. Russ was practically a legend in Slate Run. Tom Finkbiner of Slate Run told me about meeting Russ on stream for the first time. Russ was a great fishermen and the stories he could tell were always very entertaining. I recall the pattern being called a "Slate Run Special" as Russ would fish it all the time, even if that wasn't necessarily "the" hatch. But then my memory is exactly digital.

 

[Chaz]

Heritage-Angler wrote:
Here ya go:

Pine Creek Special

FWIW - Fred Bridge is/was Russ Mowry's Brother-in law.

http://flytyingworld.com/PagesF/fredbridge.htm

That's the one I've seen, Slate Run Tackle sells them.

 

[Chaz]

shortrod2 wrote:
The only thing I have to add is that I believe the Pine Creek Special is an imitations of the Brown Drake not the Green Drake. In his book Pennsylvania Trout Streams and Their Hatches, Meck describes a group of anglers mislabeling Brown Drakes as Green Drakes on Pine Creek.

I don't if you could mistake the 2, unless you're a total beginner and have never seen either one.

 

[echuck66]

Just got back from a week-long camping/fishing trip on Pine Creek at Cedar Run. I stopped by Slate Run and purchased two Pine Creek Specials, and I have to say that the pics Festus posted are almost identical to the flies I got there. (by the way, you have to ask for them. They keep them behind the counter.)