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Dark Olive Nymph

Dark Olive Nymph by Rusty Dunn

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn The year is 1892.  A young attorney casts dry flies to ris­ing trout on the… Read More

Griffith’s Gnat

Griffith's Gnat

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn You arrive at a favorite trout stream on a summer afternoon.  The air is heavy… Read More

Royal Wulff

Royal Wulff

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Eleven months of planning have led to this moment.  You’ve driven over a thousand miles… Read More

Gold-Ribbed Hare’s Ear Winged Wet Fly

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Deceit is the key to success in fly fishing.  If your fly imitates the appearance… Read More

Killer Bug

Killer Bug

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn A 21-year old Englishman is hired in 1928 to manage and improve six miles of… Read More

Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph

Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Have your children ever been so completely cos­tumed that you no longer recognized them?  Frank… Read More

Crowe Beetle

Rusty Dunn Crowe Beetle

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn A mid-summer day in the late 1940s begins like many others in Pennsylvania’s fertile Cumberland… Read More

Chuck Caddis

Chuck Caddis

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn Groundhog Day is an important landmark for most an­glers, as February 2nd is midway between… Read More

Tup’s Indispensable (Skues)

Tups Indispensable

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn British flies are often named with a sense of whimsy, such as the Welsh­man’s Button,… Read More

Quigley Cripple (Blue-winged Olive)

Quigley Cripple

Fountains of Youth – Classic trout flies that have withstood the test of time … flies that remain “forever young” by Rusty Dunn You fish among giants on a strikingly beautiful river.  Mt. Shasta (14,000+ feet) is but… Read More