Thursday, March 14, 2024

Von Patten

Von Patten

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Red goose or duck quill

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Barred mandarin

Trout - Ray Bergman

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

A favorite fly of mine, from the Adirondacks. I believe there were two variations - the “Van Patten” and the “Old Van Patten”. I believe the body for the Old Van Patten was pigs wool.

Normand Frechette said...

there ia a "van patten" pattern in a book by e c gregg but not "von patten"

Anonymous said...

Yes. I suspect the naming in Trout is a misspelling. Everyplace else I’ve seen it, it’s Van Patten.

Normand Frechette said...

okay then where is everyplace else?