Brown Owl & Improved Brown Owl

Brown Owl

Hook - Mustad R75-79580 or equivalent

Thread - Brown

Body - Oval gold tinsel

Underwing - Deer hair

Overwing - Teal flank feather

Collar - Grizzly hackle fibers (trim off top fibers)

The Brown Owl was created by Bob Broad of Errol New Hampshire and is best used to imitate the large Stoneflies that hatch on the area rivers.

The Brown Owl | Global FlyFisher | This very buggy looking streamer-slash-stonefly-slash-nymph caught my eye. Such a fly should be able to catch almost any kind of trout

Improved Brown Owl

Hook - Mustad R75-79580 or equivalent

Thread - Fire orange

Body - Gold embossed tinsel

Underwing - Deer hair

Overwing - Teal flank feather

Throat - Grizzly hackle fibers

Thorax - Peacock herl