By name, it’s simply known as a Griffith’s Gnat, nothing spectacular and often overlooked, but to me, it’s so much more…

                When I think back to my beginnings into fly fishing, one of the first flies I learned to tie was the Griffith’s Gnat. Nothing more than a hook covered with a peacock herl and then some grizzly hackle to finish off the fly. Looking at it, most people wonder what exactly it’s imitating. In the eyes of the fish, whatever the gnat is…