The Reel Mccoy

Fly fishing can be as much or as little as a person chooses to make of it, from a playful part time distraction to a life shaping endeavor. Wherever you reside on this continuum, you will be enriched for having spent time in connection with the water world. ~Mike McCoy

McKenzie River
Willamette System
North and South Santiam Rivers
Coquille System
Umpqua system
Elk and Sixes Rivers

Emerald Water Anglers

RECIPE:

hook: TMC 2312 size 8 or 10
thread: Uni-thread 6/0 red
body: dubbed burnt orange mixed with black, orange or black foam over top
hackle: black, mixed with black rubber legs
wing: brown antron
fishing hints: The carpenter ant migration in late spring and early summer is the full meal deal for hungry opportunistic trout. The biggest of the ant clan can be an inch long as they done wings for this once a year event. Fish this pattern dead drifted with an occasional twitch and be ready! Even after this insect event is over trout can often be coaxed off the bottom just from the appetite memory of this savory gullet-filling morsel.