While all of Pott's fly patterns were dressed with a hair hackle, not all of the bodies were made of woven hair. Another popular Pott's pattern was called the Fizzle. The Fizzle was tied in two ways.

Bob Clouser, the legendary Susquehanna River guide and fly pattern innovator from Middletown, and his famous Clouser minnows are featured in the March issue of "Field & Stream" magazine.

The Morning Hatch' is a daily dose of anything fly fishing, human interest, and sometimes from left field. It will be short, informative, and entertaining.

I don't know of any others." Even with his dedication to detail, Nolte said some feathers specified for famous fly patterns are simply unavailable these days because the birds have become endangered.

Give us a gander next week for Part 2 of the essential six fly patterns for Northern Michigan including input from experts who fish the holy and trophy water sections of the AuSable River! Until ...