Ausable Wulff

The Ausable Wulff was developed in 1964 by Adirondack fly tyer Fran Betters, who adapted Lee Wulff's original Wulff flies for the tannic, tumbling waters of the Ausable River in New York State. Betters ran the Adirondack Sports Shop in Wilmington for 47 years, right on the West Branch of the Ausable, and counted the Ausable Wulff among his best-known patterns alongside his Haystack - Field & Stream ranked it among the top ten trout flies of all time.

With its dense deer-hair wing and strong hackling, the Ausable Wulff imitates a range of mayfly species depending on size and rides reliably even in fast, broken current. It's fished dead-drift and is a proven all-rounder for trout and grayling on mountain rivers.

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