• Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley

    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley

    €3.75

    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley
    SKU: NFD9844

    BWO, PMD and Callibaetis
    Sizes: 14 to 22

    Bob Quigley is best known for designing extremely effective Spring Creek flies for picky, educated fish. The Hackle Stacker is a great example and will prove its worth quickly if you choose to tie this fly on to match any of the classic mayfly emergences. Fish this fly to selective fish with long and fine leader/tippet whenever the fish are turning their noses up to standard offerings. And, watch for the “eat” that may be very subtle.

    It is worth noting that the fly’s name honors the tying technique “stacking hackle” which Bob invented when designing this fly. He was truly a great innovator in the sport of fly-fishing and tying.

    Versions:
    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley BWO 18
    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley BWO 22
    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley PMD 16
    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley PMD 20
    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley Callibaetis 14
    Umpqua Fly Hackle Stacker Quigley Callibaetis 16

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  • Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer

    Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer

    €4.95

    Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer
    SKU: NFD9852

    Callibaetis & PMD
    Sizes 14,16, and 20

    “A couple of years ago, fishing a pale morning dun emergence on a favorite stretch of northern California’s Hat Creek, I was shocked to experience the hyper-selective rainbows refusing my Missing Link. Not just once, but day after day!

    This led to time on the stream observing the behavior of the natural emergers the fish were taking, as well as collecting some samples of those same emergers in a small net to look at more closely. Initially I was stumped, not seeing much that would explain the fish’s reticence to take my old favorite.

    But slowly, after scrutinizing a larger number of takes, a slight pattern difference emerged.

    It seemed that the fish had enough naturals to choose from that many were keying in on emergers still attached to their shucks, insects that were truly helpless for several seconds as they drifted on the surface.

    Collecting a few in this stage, I noticed the segmentation of the emerging bodies was quite pronounced, and it was easy to imagine that the clinging shuck would wiggle a bit as the insect struggled to free itself.

    Not needing to reinvent the wheel, I simply added a two-part soft shuck to my Missing Link, and substituted a quill body in place of the original’s thread and Flashabou abdomen.

    Those Hat Creek fish never knew what hit ’em! To be fair, I still use the original Missing Link a lot…but when I have a tailwater or spring creek situation where I know I’ll need my A-game, the Stealth Link comes out first.”

    – Signature Tyer Mike Mercer

    Versions:
    Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer Callibaetis 14
    Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer Callibaetis 16
    Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer PMD 16
    Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer PMD 18
    Umpqua Fly Stealth Link Mercer PMD 20

    Select optionsDone This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page