1986 Jackson Hole One Fly Event
The Beginning
This is the year that marked the beginning of the One Fly Event.
Individuals always remember firsts. They are the standard by which all
that follow will be measured.
The 1986 One Fly Event was no exception. It is remembered for the tragic
loss of fishing guide Peter Crosby. It also is remembered for one
dominate fly discovered immortalized and seemingly irresistible to the
Snake River Cutthroat. Jackson Hole's Westbank Angler's team, led by
Reynolds Pomeroy, smoked 'em with a fly called the Lime Trude. Although
other flies, including the Royal Wulff, Royal Coachman and Muddler
Minnow, have proved reliable, it is the mention of the Lime Trude
that will forever be associated with frothy rise forms and Snake River Cutthroat.
The 1986 One Fly Event set the standard that became a tradition. Created
to foster friendships, sportsmanship, the simple enjoyment of fly
fishing, and finally, to bring worthy attention to our Snake River
fishery, the inaugural One Fly Event was a success.
1986 One Fly Event Winning Fly
The Lime Trude
The Trude has been around since the early 1900s, when Alfred Trude first
cast his bucktail wind creation on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River
near Island Park, Idaho in 1901. The Trude fly has been a popular
creation among fly fishermen. The Lime Trude is a fly that was tied and
fished by Reynolds Pomeroy of Westbank Anglers. In the first One-Fly, he
scored point after point with his lime green body, grizzly hackled, size
14 Trude, winning the 1986 event. Dubbed as the perfect One Fly (because
it can be fished effectively, either wet or dry), the fly now is a
standard in Jackson Hole, stocked in every fly shop in the region and a
popular pick among One Fly participants.
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