Larry St. John. Originated by Call J. McCarthy, Chicago, in 1915. Lavender body with gold rib; gray hackles; mallard wing; over wing or shoulder, English pheasant neck hackle; tail, gray.
Nature Flies. Originated in 1916 by Louis Rhead, Brooklyn, N. Y. A series of trout flies tied in exact imitation of American trout stream insects.
Oliver. Originated in 1904 by John Milton Oliver of Chicago. He was fishing the upper Mississippi with a Coachman fly when its peacock herl body became frayed. Having some bright yellow winding silk in his tackle box he fashioned a bulgy body with it and had unusual success. Body, bright yellow or orange, very bulky; ginger hackles; white wings; tail, barred wood duck.
