Doug puts the weight on in this heavy multi purpose fly.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Std Saltwater #2-8
• Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
• Eyes: Bead chain
• Wing: Polar fiber color to suit, spanflex, flash
• Legs: spanflex, colored with permanent marker
• Head: Antron Crystal chenille, color and size to suit

Doug puts the weight on in this heave multi purpose fly.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Mustad #34011 stainless long shank #1/0-6
• Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
• Weight: .010-.025 lead wire
• Eyes: black Laquer applied with a toothpick
• Tail: Rabbit fur, flash, sili legs
• Body: Brassie size ultra wire, epoxy, glitter, model paint; Epoxy turner is handy for this one

Doug puts the weight on in this heave multi purpose fly.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

Recipe:

• Hook: Bass bug hook, or standard saltwater hook.
• Thread: Flat waxed nylon white
• Tail: 3 or four pairs of wide webby Rooster neck hackle, white, brown, yellow dyed grizzly, crystal flash
• Head/Body: Deer belly Hair white; Deer body hair, brown, Black
• Legs: 3 or 4 medium round rubber legs yellow
• Eyes: Medium doll eyes
• Weedguard: 20# hard mono

Additional notes: coat front of popper with a flexible adhesive like clear Silicone, it makes the popper make more noise and "pop" better.

Doug puts the weight on in this heave multi purpose fly.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

RECIPE:

• Hook: Std. Saltwater #2-6
• Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
• Weight: Lead or bead chain eyes to suit
• Eyes: glass bead on #16 mono, dipped in epoxy
• Tail: craft fur, spanflex, krystal flash
• Body: sparkle yarn, colors to suit
• Wing: craft fur, krystal flash
• Legs: spanflex
• Weed guard: 12-16# hard mono

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Doug puts the weight on in this heave multi purpose fly.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

RECIPE:

• Hook: 4x-6x long Streamer hook
• Thread: UTC 140
• Eyes: Lead Dumbbell eyes
• Tail: Brown and Burnt Umber Marabou
• Legs: Tan speckled rubber legs
• Body: Woodchuck Hair spun into a loop of Med. gauge wire

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Doug Mcknight plays with deer hair in this multipurpose topwater fly.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

RECIPE:

• Thread: Flat Wax Nylon
• Eyes: Doll Eyes
• Tail: 4-6 Saddle eyes
• Body: Spun Deer Hair trimmed to Bullet Shape
• Weed Guard: Heavy Mono

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Doug McKnight returns with his Art Flick Dun Variant.

Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight hails originally from Pensylvania, but now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

Recipe:

• Hook: Standard Dry Fly
• Thread: UTC 70
• Tail: Dun Hackle fibers
• Body: Reddish brown hackle stripped
• Hackle: 2-3 dun dry fly hackles 3-4 times oversized

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Welcome to our inaugural video. This first one comes from Livingston tier and guide Doug McKnight. Originally from Pensylvania, Doug now lives in Livingston, MT. He is currently a fly designer for Umpqua Feather Merchants and also creates beautiful display flies in custom shadow boxes.

If you would like to learn more about Doug's custom work you can reach him at dougmfish@mac.com or by calling him at George Anderson's Yellowstone Angler at (406) 222-7130.

In this video, Doug ties the Bread Crust Wet Fly, designed as a general trout fly. See below the video for the recipe.

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Recipe

• Hook: Wetfly
• Thread: UTC 140 or equiv.
• Body: Ruffed Grouse tailfeather split, hairs ear dubbing
• Hackle: Hungarian Partridge

For more patterns by Doug McKnight try his Art Flick Dun Variant and his Deer Hair Slider.

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