The UFO Fly
Recently a friend of mine, who lives on the Farmington River perhaps the best trout stream in the northeast, sent me a text message containing a blurry photo of a fly, claiming it was the best fly he had ever used. Fish on every cast, he extolled. Really? Every cast? Sure sounded worth investigating. But get this. He didn’t know the name of the fly or even what it was made of it? It was a complete mystery. All he knew was that he found it in a box of stuff given to him by fly tying impresario -Mark Lewchik.
The UFO Fly
With precious little to go on, I drove over to speak with Mark about the best fly in the world. He got a laugh out of that. He told me he had made the fly, but it had no name and he wasn’t even sure he had ever fished it? The mystery depended. Figuring it was up to someone to name the best fly in the world, I called it the UFO – an unidentified fly-fishing object. Now as far as the material used to create this killer fly, Mark pulled out a special type of dubbing comprising of rabbit fur and tiny pieces of rubber legs. What was it called? Hareline’s Wiggle Dub Dispenser. In short order, Mark whipped me up a squadron of UFOs and I left itching to launch one. Thanks Mark.
