Fly Trivia

[mike b.]

Years ago, my late grandmother gave me an old Marshall Fields box which contained a dozen flies.  She did not flyfish, but as many of the greatest generation did, she worked extra jobs during World War 2 while living in Chicago.  One of the jobs was tying flies.  The flies she gave me were a dozen that she had kept, that she had tied during the war.

[Neal Osborn]

Mike, those are very special flies indeed!  They are predominantly wet flies, which is a bit out of my knowledge comfort zone.  Honestly, I would contact Davy Wotton personally and see if he can help you out if you don’t get a solid answer here.  He would be the foremost authority on this genre of flies imho.

Email: davyfly@ozarkmountains.com

Mailing Address:
Davy Wotton
1802 MC 7001
Flippin, AR   72634-9564

P.S., I would love to know the answer.  Please be sure and post a follow up if you get information elsewhere.

[lawrence underwood]

Awesome!

[Steve K.]

My guesses are:

Photo #2

Top right is a Black Gnat
Bottom Right is a McGinty Bee

[Mike Cline]

Mike,

Your best bet is to compare your flies to the plates in:

Favorite Flies and Their Histories – Mary Orvis Maybury.

[M. Wood]

Photo #1 on left
Looks like a leadwing coachman (but no wing?)
Royal coachman
bottom right:
Dark Cahill
Photo #2 on left:
Professor
Royal coachman
Photo #3
top right, bottom left
Professor

I’ve enjoyed this site:
http://www.classictrout.com/wetflies.php

[regan c. kenyon jr.]

brown hackle and peacock, not a lead coachman w/o wing

[mike b.]

Thanks for all of the great suggestions and identifications so far.

[Cameron Mortenson]

Mike B….that is quite a collection.

[M. Wood]

Photo #1 on left might be a Marlow Buzz soft hackle.

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