Today’s Tying Tuesday includes whatever from an imitative dry fly to an unbelievably ostentatious nymph, to a fancy banner– with a buggy beetle included for excellent procedure. We kick things off with a variation on the timeless Comparadun that utilizes artificial fibers, instead of deer hair, for the wing. I especially like the manner in which tier Brandon Moon utilizes the thread to assist splay the tails and hold them in location. Next up is Devin Olsen’s well-known Blowtorch, a nymph so impractical that it appears like it belongs in a disco, instead of a trout stream. However numerous competitive anglers have actually shown simply how result the fly can be.
I had actually never ever become aware of the Geehi Beetle before I saw the video from Kypes & Stripes Outdoors listed below, however I enjoy an awful, buggy fly. It’s sort of a cross in between a Woolly Worm, and ant replica, and a Griffith’s Gnat, and I wager trout and panfish will gobble it up. Lastly, the excellent Tim Flagler reveals us how to connect a pike pattern that origination on Saskatchewan’s Cree River (discover more about that fishery here). The method Tim doubles the fibers back to include bulk and prevent fouling is innovative.
Guide’s Option BWO Comparadun
Hook: Barbless dry-fly hook (here, a Moonlit ML102), sizes 14-20
Thread: Olive dun, 12/0 or 50-denier.
Tail: Medium olive Semperfli Tail Fibre Fibbets.
Body: Connecting thread
Rib: Connecting thread colored with a dark-olive marker
Wing: Silver Baitfish Semperfli Predator Fiber.
Thorax: Olive beaver dubbing.
Adhesive: Superglue.
Olsen’s UV Purple Blowtorch
Hook: Jig hook (here an Umpqua XC 210BL), sizes 12-20
Bead: Silver slotted tungsten bead, 3mm.
Thread: Purple, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Tail: Hot Pink Glo-Brite Fluorescent Floss (shade # 2).
Rib: Silver wire, little
Body: Purple Ice Dub.
Collar: Natural dun CDC fibers.
Location: Fluorescent pink thread, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Geehi Beetle
Hook: Basic dry-fly hook, size 10
Thread: Black, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Tail: Golden-pheasant fibers
Hackle: Brown grizzly hackle
Body: Peacock herl.
Hackle: Dark-brown grizzly hackle (one size bigger).
Thorax: Peacock herl.
Head: Black connecting thread.
Pauper’s Whistler
Hook: Ahrex SA290 Beast Fleye, size 4/0
Thread: Red, 3/0 or 280-denier.
Tail/wing: Yellow Slinky Fiber.
Flash: Gold Flashabou
Adhesive: Superglue.
Body: Red Steve Farrar Blend.
Adhesive: Superglue.
Eyes: Bead-chain eyes, big.
Head: Red connecting thread.
Adhesive: Head cement, UV resin, or epoxy.
