One of the first flies I had success with was a bucktail called the Pass Lake. It was then and by all accounts, is still widely used and effective for Brook and Brown Trout in the western Lake Superior watershed. I think it was my Dad who introduced me to it. He wasn't much of a fly fisher, himself, but he encouraged my early interest and passed along what he knew. One of those things was that on the rivers and creeks we fished you couldn't go wrong with a Pass Lake. Since then many a Brookie and Brown, and even some Rainbows have fallen to this old and reliable pattern.
