Sofa Pillow

Written by DCarp

Sofa Pillow

RWFF Sofa Pillow

• Hook: Dry Fly, Size 4-10
• Thread: Black
• Tail: Elk Hair
• Body: Orange Wool Yarn
• Rib: Brown Palmered Saddle Hackle - trimmed
• Wing: Elk Hair
• Hackle: Brown

HISTORY:

This pattern is a major contribution by Pat Barnes to fly fishing. It was named spontaneously. Once in the 1940s, Pat hosted a group of Texans who couldn't hook trout on small flies. To solve their problem, Pat used materials on his tying bench to tie a large dry stonefly pattern. When one Texan say the result in Pat's hand beside a size 16 fly, de drawled "It's a big as a sofa pillow!" Pat responded "You named it!" Pat offered Sofa Pillows with red squirrel tail wing or a gray squirrel tail wing