Copper Johns

This is a phenomenal fly that has really worked well for me this past year. I tied a few at the beginning of last season, and I wanted to build up a supply for this year that would see me through October of 2006. They have great fish attraction, and they also sink like an anchor.

As an aside, if you look in the top left, you can see three hideous looking flies that I keep in my main fly box out of nostalgia. They were among the first flies I ever bought way back in 1994 when I began to fly fish. I had gone to Sears (yeah, they sold sporting goods back then) and bought a package of "flies" that I assumed would work on any fish. Needless to say, I did not have much success. I was lucky enough to meet a very experienced fisherman one night out who helped me out. When he got done laughing at those flies, he pointed me in the right direction in regards to insect imitation and stream ecology. Wherever that guy is today, I owe him a beer. :-)