Have you seen this fly?

Reader Ed Hickey dropped us a line to ask for help finding information about a fly that has been in his family for at least 50 years. Ed writes:

Have you ever heard of a fly called : Kikkendoll. Really am unsure of the spelling here but am spelling it like it sounds. This fly has been spoken of in our family for the last 50+ years and I'm wondering if it really did or still does exist. Something known as "Junglecock" is always mentioned when this fly is talked about. And whatever the junglecock is/ was is either protected or extinct and these flies are no longer available. They sure were the most popular flies out on the Sierra Nevada mountain areas we used to fish in but that was back in the 1970's. Hope there's some truth to this fly and maybe a few fishermen who have some knowledge of them

So far I haven't been able to come up with much information for him, except the assumption that the fly in question was a type of Salmon fly due to the use of Jungle Cock in the design. (I did provide a link to some info about Junglecock feathers) Therefore, I am putting the question out to our readers in hope that one of our more in the know fly tying folks can enlighten us. Responses welcome via the comments.

Reader Looking for Mills River Info

We got the following email from one of our readers who is looking for a photo of their grandfather and his big fish.


Hi

I am trying to find a pic of our grandfather J B Stewart who caught the largest fish ever caught in Mills River NC several years ago. There was a pic and write up in newspapers at that tine but we do not have the date or even the year.

Would like to locate copy of pic and purchase copies for the grandchildren at Christmas. They have heard the stories for years and it would be great for them to see

Thanks

Blanche Surrette

If any Carolina anglers have information about this photo, drop us a line at FlyfishMagazine.com and we will pass it along to Blanche.