Just a quick tying post. I recently read Dave Hughes article is Flyfishing and Tying Journal entitled "Evening rise and the wet fly". Being a fan of wets, I decided to tie a few and try them out. I was particularly interested in Hughes' approach to using the March Brown flymph when fish are taking rusty spinners since it can be challenging to fish small rusty spinners in low light.
Here are the march brown (rusty spinners) and winged hare's ear (caddis) that Hughes describes. I used brown squirrel dubbing on the march brown to give it a more rust colored body. The bodies on these flies are dubbed with a dubbing loop to provide for a rough body and to allow the thread and dubbing to work together when wet to give the desired color.
For small olives, here's an olive flymph
Here are the march brown (rusty spinners) and winged hare's ear (caddis) that Hughes describes. I used brown squirrel dubbing on the march brown to give it a more rust colored body. The bodies on these flies are dubbed with a dubbing loop to provide for a rough body and to allow the thread and dubbing to work together when wet to give the desired color.
March Brown Flymph #16 Mustad R50 3 pheasant tail fiber for the tail Cardinal Pearsall silk brown squirrel dubbing (combination of the thread and dubbing to give a rusty color) Brown hen hackle |
Hare's ear winged wet #16 Mustad R703 pheasant tail fiber for the tail Cardinal Pearsall silk hare's ear dubbing hen pheasant tail slips for the wing |
For small olives, here's an olive flymph
Olive flymph #18 Mustad R50 medium dun hackle fibers for tail Primrose yellow Pearsall silk muskrat fur dubbing medium dun hen hackle |
I like the buggy look of that first one.
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Alan - Not yet, but I will!
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ReplyDeleteAll of these flies are impressive. The wet fly is still a work in progress for me. Super nice job at the bench. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Bill
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