From Al:

I grew up in Michigan and have fished as long as I can remember. After graduating college, I moved to California and gravitated toward fly fishing almost exclusively. I have been tying “seriously” since 1983 and have been a tying instructor both independently and for several Colorado fly shops since 2000. In 2005 I also began guiding along Colorado’s front range. Currently I am a member of Whiting Farms Pro Staff and am employed by PEAK Fishing and I have several fly patterns commercially available. In addition to guiding, tying instruction and demos, my wife Diana and I own and operate our own company geared primarily toward flyfishing education services. More detailed information is available at www.alrittflies.com.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Tiemco 100 or 101
• Thread: UTC 70 Denier
• Body: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
• Thorax: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
• Wing: White (winter phase) hair from the bottom of a snowshoe hare’s hind foot
• Egg Sack: Red Foam
• Trailing Bubbles: 2 strands of Mirage Opal Flash
• Rib: Yellow Dyed Grizzly Hackle, palmered through body and trimmed short
• Under Wing: Mirage Opal Flash
• Spot: Red Foam
• Hackle: Light Barred Ginger dry fly hackle

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