Reverse Spider (Kinney)

The pattern for this fly, came from the fine book by Les Johnson Fly-Fishing Coastal Cutthroat, Flies, Techniques, Conservation. In it Mike Kinney writes about how this fly came about and about different materials that he experimented with.

The rest is history, as the saying goes. The Reverse Spider has become one of the most successful and popular flies in the Northwest for Sea-Run Cutts. Read more about it in Les Johnson's book.