![]() In this video from Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions, Matt Grobert ties his version of the Yellow Sally Stimulator. It’s also a great indicator fly for when you want to fish a nymph as a dropper. I have fished it for 25-inch rainbows in Alaska, 18-inch cutthroats on the Yellowstone, and 6-inch brook trout in Vermont mountain streamsand the fish seem to love it everywhere. The Stimulators, a punk-rock band from New York, inspired the pattern’s name.īecause the Stimulator (often known as simply the “Stimmie”) is so buoyant, it works great in broken or fast water, as well as in freestone streams. Whoever can get credit for inventing it, it has become an incredibly popular stonefly imitation and all-around attractor fly. When the Stimulator made it to California, Randall Kaufmann modified it, creating the version we know today, but kept the original name. But the basic shape, contrasting colors, and materials mix were the same. In his version, the thorax and the abdomen were about the same length, and the hair for the wing was not stacked. Slattery’s Stimulator was a bit different from what we use today. Based on the Sofa Pillow, Slattery’s fly was originally called the Fluttering Stonefly, but he renamed it the Stimulator after a New York City punk-rock group. The fly’s true originator may be Jim Slattery, who claims that he first tied the stonefly pattern to fish the Musconetcong River in central New Jersey in 1980. Most folks think of Randall Kaufmann, famed West Coast angler and shop owner, as the inventor of the Stimulator, but the question seems up for debate. Editor’s Note: We posted about the history of the Stimulator pattern last August, and it’s interesting enough to repost here:
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