At a glance, this streamer looks like a wooly bugger. But featuring varying lengths of flash material, a tungsten bead, and an attractant band, this Rainy's fly fishes well anywhere predators live! The heavy design is perfect for deep water, yet it fishes well in the shallows when paired with a floating line.
A skilled fisherman, fly tyer, instructor, researcher, and developer. Dick Empie was the innovator of over 100 fly patterns, mostly for trout, Atlantic salmon, and saltwater fishing. Dick claims the Deadly Shiner series, on which he did rigorous research and development catches everything, anytime, any season, anywhere!