Messy Minnow

Orginated by Ben Turpin

This fly was created by merging saltwater fly patterns and freshwater sizes. The Messy minnow has a very realistic look and profile in the water that fish can’t resist. The Guides at The Rod and Gun Club have had success with this fly for smallmouth bass and trout on all of the Pocono streams including the Delaware and Lehigh rivers. The fly is meant to be fished on a long tippet with the weight placed 12 to 18 inches above the fly to maximize its natural movement in the water. Slow stripping techniques usually out produce fast ones, but vary retrieves until you find what is working for the day. Many fish will strike the fly on the fall.

Available at The Rod and Gun Club or Orvis.com

Orvis Graphite Rod-Making History

Since 1856, from the legendary days of lancewood to today’s Zero G's, Orvis has made a tradition of crafting and selling quality fly rods made at fair prices. Fly rods made to be fished. No other fly rod builder has been more successful at this than Orvis......

Lehigh River

The Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, is a 103 mile (166 km) long river located in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. Part of the Lehigh, along with a number of its smaller tributaries, is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River.

The river flows in a highly winding course through valleys between ridges of the Appalachian Mountains...