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Fly Tied By:
Michael Garnier
Designed By:
Michael Garnier
Story By: Michael
Garnier
Home: St. John's,
Newfoundland
E-mail: mag@nf.sympatico.ca |
Mike enjoys fishing for big native
brook trout in the ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams of
Newfoundland. He has found these trout to be quite responsive
to his innovative fly designs. His love of the "brookie" has
taken him on excursions for over-sized trout in other parts of
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The American Garmic
(name derived from MIChael GARnier) is one of a series
of flies I have designed. It has some similarities, as
you can see, to the original design, the Island Garmic.
But I also believe it stands on its own merit.
 After the events of September, I felt compelled to
design a fly that would be strong in standing as a
symbol of the American spirit, and something that
accurately represents what I feel to be the best
representation of what it is to be an American: strong
and generous, spirited and above all free.
I think the American Garmic looks
free spirited and clean, nothing overdressed, in its design and
construction. The red, white, and blue shines through, just like the
galant patriotic spirit of the people of the United States.
I think both Garmic patterns are
of sound design and are a little different in the offering they give
as flies. Oddly enough I feel the Island Garmic represents the Rock
so very well, which incidentally is a nickname given to
Newfoundland.
-- Michael
Garnier
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American Garmic |
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Michael's "Very First Edition" American
Garmic
Photos by Peter Frailey
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Order of Ingredients:
Hook: Size 6 Mustad 36890
Thread:
Red 8/0 Uni-thread
Tag: Round gold
tinsel
Tail: Red hackle fibers trimmed to length
of tag end
Butt: White Ostrich herl, ball
shaped
Body: Red floss
Thorax:
White Ostrich herl, same as butt
Wing:
Blue dyed hackle
Collar: Blue
hackle
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