The Yellow Raccoon
Skip Morris searun cutthroat flies...
...the Raccoon is Skip's standard choice for searun cutthroat, salmon and steelhead of the Pacific coast.
The following sample flies in the photographs
are Skip's original designs
and were tied by the Solitude Fly Company.
This is Skip's standard choice for searun cutthroat trout in both the rivers and salt water of the Pacific Coast—yellow is the standard, but the other colors are at times better.
Salmon in saltwater are also quick to grab a Raccoon. More and more Raccoons are fished for steelhead. When silver salmon gather at river mouths to stage before running up to spawn, a Raccoon (for reasons no one understands) can often turn fish when nothing else will.
Colors: Yellow, Pink, Red, Black
Sizes: 8, 6
Raccoon, Yellow
Sizes: 8, 6
Raccoon, Pink
Sizes: 8, 6
Raccoon, Red
Sizes: 8, 6
Raccoon, Black
Sizes: 8, 6
Here's the BH Raccoon fly pattern (from Skip's book, Morris on Tying Flies):
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Skip has a new literary essay in Big Sky Journal's annual Fly Fishing issue, called "Montana Mayflies" released February 1, 2024. Skip wrote; Carol painted. Here's the link to Big Sky Journal to check it out:
Ephemeral Hitchhiker, a painting by Carol Ann Morris
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Skip's literary essayMontana Mayflies in Big Sky Journal's February 2024 Fly Fishing issue...
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, is now available on Amazon as an ebook...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Dry Flies (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them
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Top 12 Dry Flies for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page)...
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them, 2nd Edition, originally published as an e-book only, is now available on Amazon as a paperback...check it out! Click on the links below to go to the information page on Top 12 Nymphs (the link to Amazon is at the bottom of the page...)
Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition)
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Top 12 Nymphs for Trout Streams: How, When, and Where to Fish Them (2nd Edition). . .
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500 Trout Streams...
365 Fly Fishing Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish
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365 Tips for Trout, Bass, and Panfish...
Go to Skip Morris's Trout Fly Proportion Chart
Skip's ultra-popular Predator—a hit fly for bluegills and other panfishes and largemouth bass (also catches smallmouth bass and trout)—is being tied commercially by the Solitude Fly Company.
The Predator
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Tying the Predator
CLICK HERE to see Skip's detailed video on how to tie the Predator...