classic Michigan dry fly · 1950s
Brown Stone
Also called Albino Hex
Likely origin Tom Deschaine's column is the only source found, though it is detailed and gives the recipe and date.
History
Josephine Sedlecky-Borsum worked out this pattern at Ed's Sport Shop in Baldwin in the 1950s, for the Hex hatch and for big brown trout at night. The fly is entirely white, so the name fits it on neither count, and nobody knows how it got it.
Shops around Baldwin still tie and sell it, now as the Albino Hex. On the largest hooks she switched from calftail to bucktail.
Old samples that were packed badly can look as if the wings were tied spent, but she tied them upright and divided.
Materials
| Hook | Dry, 2X strong, sizes 2 to 10 |
|---|---|
| Tail | White calftail, tied long |
| Wings | White calftail, upright and divided |
| Body | White chenille |
| Rib | White hackle, palmered |
| Hackle | White |
Sources
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No photo yet. Every photo on michfly is of a fly tied for the site, so they're added a few at a time.
Original recipe cards for many Michigan patterns are kept at the Michigan Dry Flies archive, built by the late Tom Deschaine.