Flies for Holmes Run and Four Mile Run

[John Burke]

With the coming spring, I've begun assembling and tying flies for two of our local waterways. I searched the forum for effective fly patterns in 4MR and Holmes run. You will find in the list below all of the successful patterns described in the forums. I know there are thousands of fly patterns and just as many ways to fish them, not to mention numerous other flies that are effective in these waterways. This is simply a collection of what's been described in forum posts. I did my best to include each fly as it was described verbatim.

Four Mile Run

s 14-6 beadhead nymphs

s 8-6 sh*t flies (carp and others)

Chart popper and Dave's hopper (tilapia and others)

s 2-6 Clouser minnows (chart/white, olive/white, white, yellow)

s 10 black nose dace streamer

s 12-10 beadhead woolly buggers (black, white)

Foam hoppers

“medium and small” blue poppers

s 10 ghost shrimp

Adams

elk hair caddis

damselfly nymphs

Holmes Run

s 16 beadhead emergers

s 14 attractors

woolly buggers (black, chart, olive)

pearl zonkers

beadhead hare's ear nymph

pheasant tail nymph

“flashy beadhead nymph(s)”

San Juan worms

olive beadhead caddis nymph