"Specialty
flies"
. . . what does the term,
"specialty fly" ,
mean?
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This is our term to help
learn about this type of fly. It is not a commonly used term otherwise.
Practically ? . . .
"specialty flies" refers to those
flies that don't fall into the other, "normal" classes (dries,
wets, nymphs or streamers.)
These are flies
designed to imitate a very specific food type or are
"attractor" flies designed to gain attention. For
purposes of instruction in this
course, examples of specialty flies
would be flies to imitate mice, fish eggs, leeches,
frogs, worms, etc.
We also "lump"
into this category stream/lakeside land-based insects often
referred to as "terrestrials" (e.g., grasshoppers, crickets,
ants, etc.)
Specialty flies
"Black Ant"
"Cinnamon Ant"
"Cricket"
"Damsel Fly Blue"
"Dave's Hopper"
"Dave's MouseRat"
"Deerhair Frog"
"Foam Beetle"
"Foam Spider"
"Grasshopper"
"Humpy"
"Irresistible"
"Joe's Hopper"
"Parachute Hopper"
Popper"
"Renegade"
"Royal Coachman"
"Royal Wulff"
"Sneeky Pete"
"White Wulff"
"Yellow Humpy"
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