I thought I might share these with you mad saltwater fly fisherman. Quite a while ago, I won a raffle at our fly club and got these framed flies that Bruce Ferguson tied. It is dated November 2, 1994. Enjoy: Whoops, sorry for the duplicates.
That is just awesome Larry! I haven't fished any of them besides the Ferguson Green & Silver, which works every time and always will. I need to look it up, but were the double hook flies mainly used for bucktailing?
Not sure about that Steve. They look easy enough to cast. I don't even know if that is legal nowadays, is it? Where is it stated in the regs...if it is? Thanks.
Ferguson's Green & Silver was one of the first flies I learned to tie when I started SRC fishing in Puget Sound. It stayed dry in the box for some time as I thought other more “baitfish looking” patterns certainly had to be better than something that looked like I don’t know what. At the end of a day without a bump I put it on to see what it looked like in the water. Very first cast was a cutthroat of around 10 inches and my only fish that day. It comes out of the box a lot now.
I used to tie the Green & Silver on long shank hooks with the chenille in the back of the fly rather than as a "shoulder". The fish seemed to key on the chartreuse color, and putting it in the back of the fly seemed to result in more hookups.
Several years ago now, I used the Allard Fly with "hot pink" and sort of gave it my own name of the "Kilowatt Red" for sea run cutthroat. Cheating there! Ha! There were times when I had fish on almost every cast! It was killer in the fall. I only use it occasionally now, but have to get some more in my box! I use to slam it on the water, then begin a very "short" fast twitch. Fish would nail it just under the surface film within the first 5 feet or less of twitching it! Serious.
Hey, Larry, thanks for posting this. Bruce was a friend of mine, as he was to most of the people he met. His Green and Silver was modified
from time to time, as were other creations of his. It was always a go to fly for me. Still is.
Hey, Larry, thanks for posting this. Bruce was a friend of mine, as he was to most of the people he met. His Green and Silver was modified
from time to time, as were other creations of his. It was always a go to fly for me. Still is.
Ah, you were lucky to get to know him Paul. I had lunch with him long long ago with some other guys and wish I could have known him more. By the way, we need to get out together with you, Mark, and I.
I was not familiar with Mr. Ferguson prior to this post, but he obviously is well regarded and engendered much good will and fondness. Cool flies regardless, thanks for sharing!
Bruce Ferguson, along with Les Johnson and Pat Trotter wrote "Fly-fishing for Pacific Salmon". A book many of us think as the 'bible' for P.S. fishing. A second version is available.
Bruce was a gem. And I enjoyed many conversations with him when he would visit Port Townsend and the local fly shop. He gave me a handful of flies over the span of several visits. I caught fish with every one of them.
I just ran across this photo from a few years ago. I had Gil Nyerges build a fly plate using some of the Ferguson flies I got from Jeff Delia and gave it to Les Johnson. Les and Bruce were very good friends for many years. In addition to being an innovative tier (Nyerges Nymph, Gil's Monster) Gil is a superb craftsman and builds some of the finest fly plates I've ever seen. My photo doesn't really do it justice.
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