classic Michigan dry fly · early 1960s
Hot Mustard
Unverified origin Only Deschaine's 2011 column on Jo's flies describes it; her biography column does not mention it.
History
Josephine Sedlecky-Borsum tied the Hot Mustard in the early 1960s as her version of a little yellow stonefly. It is a simple fly: an extended gold yarn body with grizzly hackle wound through it.
Local anglers used it from midsummer into late fall and also during the hatch of big golden stoneflies.
Materials
| Hook | Standard dry (Mustad 94840), sizes 10 to 14 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Black 6/0 |
| Body | Gold Antron yarn, extended past the bend |
| Rib | Grizzly hackle, palmered |
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.