How to tie the STONE PONY: Go-to Euro STONEFLY pattern 

Louie, glad you picked that up! My wife is a Jersey girl, and she definitely had influence on the name. Just fished the Beaverkill on Sunday and it was in perfect shape. Tight lines to you!

Thank you, Carlton. Glad they are helping!

Hey Vinny! Appreciate it. Make some room in your box. If you like stones, these will treat you well! Tight lines, my friend!

Hahaha. Appreciate it, Mike! I think you will like it...you will be definitely bust them on this!

Appreciate it, Jeremy. Tight lines to you!

Glad they help. Good luck with this bug. It will be a good one for you. Tight lines!

Appreciate that, George. It really is all about the details. Tight lines to you and thanks for watching.

Glad it helps, Michael! Appreciate you watching and good luck with the Stone Pony. It's a good one! Tight lines!

Thank you, Hunter. Really appreciate it! Damn….that injury sounds tough. Here’s to a speedy recovery and soon to be tight lines!

Thanks, Tony! It’s going to work for you! You will ripped them up on the Farmington. Let me know how you do. Tight lines!

Appreciate it, Joseph. It will be a good one in the box. Good luck to you!

Appreciate that, Tim. Good company to be in….George is the man! Thanks for watching and good luck with this bug!

Thank you, Michel. Troutline is awesome stuff. Totally agree with you…#1. Love the sound of that Walt’s combo. Good luck with this bug! Tight lines!

Appreciate it, Sead!

Awesome to hear, Jerome! This is definitely my go-to stone fly. Glad it is working for you!

Glad it's working for you, Mike. Appreciate you watching!

It is a fish catcher, Joseph! The dubbing can be found at Tactical Fly Fisher. Good luck with it!

Yeah I saw that but they’re out of the yellow. 😣 I think I have something close for the time being?!

Thank you, Dale! Spin some up, it will be a good one for you. Love how you got the name...my wife is a Jersey girl and she played a part in it!

Appreciate you watching, Scott. Spin some up…they will catch for you!

Haha. A good excuse to go back! Appreciate you watching. Tight lines!

Great to hear, Bob. Glad it is working for you. I was just in WNC a few weeks ago. Beautiful area. Love it there.

Awesome! Good luck with them!

Thanks, Justin! It's gonna catch you some. Good luck with it!

Thanks so much, Thelis!

Appreciate you watching, Al. Glad it's helpful. Tight lines to you.

Super easy tie, John. Appreciate you watching.

Appreciate it, Blue Jacket! Awesome compliment!

Glad you spun some up, Terbo. It really doesn't matter what side you color, as all bugs twist and turn in the current. For me, it’s just easier and ascetically more pleasing to the human eye. Appreciate you watching.

Thanks, Michael. Appreciate it!

Thanks so much, Randy!

Thanks, Big Mick. I’ve seen that one…It’s a great bug. This one has put a lot of fish in the net for me. Appreciate you watching.

Love to heat it, Mr. T! Appreciate you watching!

@@OldDominionTroutBum I tried a double fly rig today on a bigger river than I normally fish. I used the stone pony as my point and the Olive flash Perdigon as my dropper. Second cast I hooked two fish! Not making it up A big rainbow and I smaller one getting jerked around. The big one got away, i landed the little one and he was a 14" rainbow! Crazy moment that I won't forget. Thank you again for the great flies and other videos!

@MrTenkara that is AWESOME! Congratulations. Double the fun!

It will bust them on the Tulley for sure! Thanks for watching, Uni!

Sure thing, James. Tight lines!

Thank you, Ryan. If you spin some up-I'm sure it will be a good one for you.

Appreciate it! Always a good time for buying new ingredients! I feel confident it’s going to catch you some fish.

Appreciate it, John. It will catch them for you!

Appreciate it, PF. Definitely works for little yellow stones-size 16s especially. No need to color the back brown. Good luck with it!

It's a fish catcher, James. Appreciate you watching.

Appreciate it, John. Tight lines!

Thanks, JB. Tie sum up!

It's a fish catcher!

Appreciate you watching, Mike!

I think you are going to like this one. Cheers to you as well.

Appreciate it, Flycast. Tons of stoneflies in that area. Love that area, btw.

@@OldDominionTroutBum yes, great fishing.. looking forward to spending the whole week leading into Memorial Day Weekend!! See ya on the river!!

How in the heck did I leave that out?! Appreciate you catching it, Scmoonkie!...just fixed it! The Stone Pony will be good to you. Thanks for watching and good luck with it.

Haha! And I want to be retired like you, Tony! Shot certainly works, but if you move your weight into your bug, you will just have better contact. You are retired, so now you can have another hobby…Tying! By the way, love how you get the Stone Pony reference!

She had the Stone Ponies and then the Eagles as back ups I believe. Nymph on!

Thanks so much, Scott. Spin some up!

@@OldDominionTroutBum oh I will now.. I have a pattern but I like this size hook too.

Glad the videos are helping, Butch! Appreciate you watching. Tight lines to you!

Haha. You can never have too much dubbing, Preston! Troutline is good stuff and the materials NEVER end. Good luck with this bug!

Thanks Brian! Aaaaah the age old question….😊 Hooks don’t ride parallel to the bottom. They hang straight up and down. (Jig hooks at a slight 45 degree angle) Tie your fly on, then hold your tippet with your fly dangling down-that’s how it looks in the water. They twist and turn in the current, just like real bugs do. The trout sees them coming belly first, back first, side first and everything in between. So it really doesn’t matter where you put it. It’s just easier to do it this way and ascetically more pleasing to the human eye. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.

@@OldDominionTroutBum thanks so much for this intelligent answer! You’re a true credit to this great hobby !

Thank you, Mike! The age old question…… Hooks don’t ride parallel to the bottom. They hang straight up and down. (Jig hooks at a slight 45 degree angle) Tie your fly on, then hold your tippet with your fly dangling down-that’s how it looks in the water. They twist and turn in the current, just like real bugs do. The trout sees them coming belly first, back first, side first and everything in between. So it really doesn’t matter where you put it. It’s just easier to do it this way and ascetically more pleasing to the human eye. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.

Hey JS. Flies don't ride perfectly level with the bottom. As a matter of fact, traditional hooks ride straight up and down. Jig hooks ride at more of a 45 degree angle. That being said, bugs get tossed and turned in the drift. Trout see them right side up, upside down and sideways all of the time. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.

I was actually wondering the same thing lol.. love this tie and all of your videos 👍👍

Christopher, this is a pretty popular question. Bugs twist and turn in the current all the time. Nothing really rides parallel to the bottom. Sometimes the trout sees the top, sometimes the bottom. Even when hanging straight down-it will still shift from side to side with the micro currents. The trout won’t mind the which way it comes at them. You can color the other side and you will catch just as many. It is just simply easier to color it this way. Thanks for watching and hope this helps.

Sooo good

Appreciate it, Pat!

Bill, the Hanak 400 is a great hook that is very similar. Appreciate the kind words and thanks for watching.

Get this question a lot, Bill. Hooks don’t ride perpendicular to the bottom. They hang straight up and down. (Jig hooks at a slight 45 degree angle) Tie your fly on, then hold your tippet with your fly dangling down-that’s how it looks in the water. They twist and turn in the current, just like real bugs do. The trout sees them coming belly first, back first, side first and everything in between. So it really doesn’t matter where you put it. It’s just easier to do it this way and ascetically more pleasing to the human eye. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.

Cory, perpendicular would be straight up and down relative to the bottom. Do you mean they don't ride parallel to the bottom? @@OldDominionTroutBum

@@williamgunn1076 Sorry, my apologies. I meant parallel. Guess it was too early in the morning to answer before my first cup of coffee!

I can dig it. The coffee need, no arguing that! Stay hooked. @@OldDominionTroutBum

Edge, this is a pretty popular question. Bugs twist and turn in the current all the time. Nothing really rides parallel to the bottom. Sometimes the trout sees the top, sometimes the bottom. Even when hanging straight down-it will still shift from side to side with the micro currents. The trout won’t mind the which way it comes at them. You can color the other side and you will catch just as many. It is just simply easier to color it this way. Thanks for watching and hope this helps.

That makes sense-thanks for the follow up. Do you have a video on dubbing? I have a difficult time dubbing in general. Mine never seems to get tight on the thread resulting in fat / loose bodies. Thanks again for sharing your expertise!

@xam1289 this video will help you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LfpS43ezpvQ.htmlsi=myDfZRWkq328XIUG Good luck to you.

Thanks, Chrisse. I also tie them in black (with purple mottled legs and tail) and natural HE (with the same legs in the video) that I will color the back brown. But if you see brown stones where you fish-brown will definitely work. Appreciate you watching.

Appreciate it, Robert! I would tie them the same. They really resemble Golden Stones and I know this will work for them. Perhaps have some in Olive as well and darken the back with the same brown marker. Good luck!

Appreciate it, U H! I don't tie them in 16s. 14s and 12s are the sizes I tie, with my go-to size being a 14. Thanks so much for watching and tight lines!

I caught a nice brown on the Narrows with this last week. Thanks for the recommendation. Beautiful section of creek reminds me of a creek I fish often in berks county

That’s awesome to hear! That is a pretty section.

Appreciate it, Rob. Not sure what you mean by the yellow floss. Do you mean the tail and the legs? That was barred sexi floss in Golden Yellow. Was that it?

​@@OldDominionTroutBum ah, yes. Dang, I thought it was a new line item! It's the way my TV minimized the description. Makes sense now. Thanks

Glad you got everything. Good luck with it. It’s a great bug.

Gregory, I use Black Hare’s ear or Squirrel. Silver bead with a little UV purple collar and purple and black legs. I use the same wire, you can even use silver wire.

Really appreciate the compliment! I would recommend starting your box with Walt's worm. Sizes 18-14. Different weights from 2.3 to 3.3. Colors in Natural and Olive. Copper and silver beads. Some with and some with out orange collars. Next I would have some simple stupid pheasant tails and natural pheasant tails tied the same way. Sizes 18-16. 2.3-3.3 beads Then some perdigons size 18-16 sizes 18-16. 2.3-3.3 beads. The best one to start with is my Olive flash (if you can't find the hends 233, use Harline Peacock Krystal flash) Lastly I would have some Stoneflies, like this for the Delaware). These flies can get you through a week on the WB and everywhere else as well. Good luck and Tight Lines to you!

@@OldDominionTroutBum Much appreciated.

Thanks Randi. Tactical Fly Fisher carries it.

@@OldDominionTroutBum Cory will you be making a trip to the broadhead anytime this spring

@@randistrunk2116 not sure Randi…so many streams. So little time.

If you are having a hard time in the US, you may have to go overseas. If not, you can substitute it with any brownish/bronze ice dub. I do like the thinner ones. Hope this helps.

Taylor, get the Troutline Argentinian Hares Ear in yellow from Tactical Fly Fisher. It's made by the same company as Mad Rabbit. It's great stuff.

@@OldDominionTroutBum thanks!

Haha. Check out this video, Matt. It may be of some help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LfpS43ezpvQ.html Good luck to you!

Thanks Joel! It’s a common mistake that most people think our bugs ride parallel to the river bottom when in fact they hang straight down, sometimes at a 45 degree angle, twist and turn, etc…with the current. Real bugs do the same thing. They get knocked around all the time. Sometimes the trout see the bottom of the bug and sometimes they see the top. So, honestly it doesn’t really matter what side you color. But for me, it’s more pleasing to the eye colored this way. Hope this helps.

@@OldDominionTroutBum totally get that with a ring eye hook and no bead! But with the jig hook the center of gravity is just somewhat aft of the center of lift which would most likely result in 45 degree hang like you mentioned - but with the wrong side up. Of course that's imagining there's no current or other factors, so probably a moot point. Thanks for the reply!

Thanks so much, Nathaniel. This is a great question. I have both 2 and 3wts. Most of the time I choose my rod based on the water I’m fishing as opposed to the size of the fish. Stronger/heavier currents require more weight from your bugs. In this case, I will choose my 3 weight. It has greater recovery from the load of the heavier bugs. The beauty about it is it can cast and fish lighter bugs as well, up to a point. I feel like I’m in great contact with two 2.3 bugs, but less with one 2.3. The 2wt, however, is a dream with lighter bugs and you can cast one 2.3 and stay in contact as well. I fish a lot of 2.8s with a 2.3 dropper. If you need to go heavier, you can easily cast it, but it doesn’t recover as quick. So, sometimes if I am fishing 2wt water but have serious wind and will have to ‘weight up’ my bugs, I’ll go with my 3wt because it will fish better for me. Recently, I was fishing in some serious wind with my 2wt and had a 3.8 mop on to combat it. I watched the video and I could see how slow my rod was to recover because it was loading so much. I honestly should have used my 3wt. All of this being said, I love my 2wts the best. It fits my style more. Light leader, light tippet. To me, they are the ultimate finesse rod. Hope this helps.

@@OldDominionTroutBum I guess the 2 weight is more versatile as long as you’re not fishing extremely heavy flies. I could see how the 2 weight could be especially useful with a single 2.0-2.5mm bead in shallow water also. Great Response👍🏻

They are good ones for sure...Bombz away! Thanks for watching!

Appreciate you subbing, Blackpowder! I use a Airflo Euro nymphing line (braided core). From there….18ft of 18mm Pezon & Michel mono to 4-5ft of 16mm Pezon bi-color sighter. Sempe is very similar and another good option. Thanks for watching.

@@OldDominionTroutBum Thank you, I was watching how it preformed for you

Hey Jeff. I am more of a copper bead guy… just has always been a confidence color. But I am sure gold would work. Tie a few both ways and see which one you like. (Or the fish like). Appreciate you watching!

@@OldDominionTroutBum That's the plan... both :)

William, a Renzetti Traveler 2000 series are great ones.

@@OldDominionTroutBum Cory you are awesome, thanks for taking the time to return messages 👍🏻

You can watch this video here for more info: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-txOvJ9tPfBQ.htmlsi=kGuB18ePcT-5Z-qC

Haha! Tight lines, Joe!