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Everyone has a favorite pattern, a "go to" fly for when all else fails.
The Golden Retriever is becoming a favorite of more and more fishermen. It has been a killing pattern for me for a long time.
Although I wouldn't claim it as my own invention (it's basically a Wooley Bugger) I have incorporated a few material and design changes that, at times, make this fly irresistible to fish. That said; calling this pattern "another Wooley Bugger" is like saying that the Adams is just another dry fly.
Look in the Orvis Fly Tying Manual in the wooley bugger section. Tom Rosenbauer gives it mention. The golden retriever proved its worth on a recent trip to Maine for landlocks - and Tom saw it in action.
And read Mike O'Brien's article on this pattern in the November 2007 issue of Eastern Fly Fisherman.
The golden retriever is especially effective in high and/or off-color water. It can be deadly fished as a streamer or as a nymph, high- sticked and bounced along the bottom.
The white version has become very popular and is especially effective on rainbows and steelhead. The root beer retriever has, more than once, saved the day for me when all else had failed.
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