Black Throated Blue Devil
As part of a limited series featuring Maine songbirds and heritage streamer flies, the Black Throated Blue Devil brings together fly tying traditions with birding in this highly detailed print.
8x8 archival prints on 310g paper — I am honored to work with a small local Maine print shop, keeping this work within the community and requiring a little more patience. Prints are sent directly to you usually within a week of the deadline.
PRINT RUN ENDED: If you are interested in similar work or would like to discuss custom work, please be in touch directly: bridostie@gmail.com
As part of a limited series featuring Maine songbirds and heritage streamer flies, the Black Throated Blue Devil brings together fly tying traditions with birding in this highly detailed print.
8x8 archival prints on 310g paper — I am honored to work with a small local Maine print shop, keeping this work within the community and requiring a little more patience. Prints are sent directly to you usually within a week of the deadline.
PRINT RUN ENDED: If you are interested in similar work or would like to discuss custom work, please be in touch directly: bridostie@gmail.com
As part of a limited series featuring Maine songbirds and heritage streamer flies, the Black Throated Blue Devil brings together fly tying traditions with birding in this highly detailed print.
8x8 archival prints on 310g paper — I am honored to work with a small local Maine print shop, keeping this work within the community and requiring a little more patience. Prints are sent directly to you usually within a week of the deadline.
PRINT RUN ENDED: If you are interested in similar work or would like to discuss custom work, please be in touch directly: bridostie@gmail.com
Birds + Flies Series
Featuring seasonal warblers you’re likely to encounter in the woods + waters of Maine, this series celebrates classic streamer patterns in playful relationship with birds of similar palette.
Black Throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescens: These birds are frequently observed in the shadows of the understory, picking insects from under leaves. Males are vocal and territorial; you’ll often hear an encounter rather than see one.
Black throated blues are often my company driving down logging roads in western Maine, or walking in to the river. At my home outside of Portland, a few returning warbler families nest and are frequently a first sighting in spring, and a sign I should get back to the river.
- Bri Dostie
Blue Devil Streamer
Designed by Carrie Stevens as one of her Forgotten Flies. This pattern utilizes a mix of tinsel, buck tail, schlappen, peacock herl, partridge (or ruffed grouse) hackle, and jungle cock for the eye. Variations abound, modifying color and composition.
