March is here, and with it comes that agitated stretch where winter season’s grip is loosening up however spring hatches have not rather started. The water’s still cold, the fish are still deep– primarily– and the very best thing a tyer can do today is fill package from leading to bottom. Today’s Tying Tuesday does precisely that, with 4 patterns that cover the whole water column.
We’re beginning on the surface area with the Parachute Adams– probably the most relied on dry fly ever connected and a must-know pattern for any tyer working the vise. From there we drop with a euro-nymph developed around Finn raccoon dubbing, a product that exposes its underbody when damp for a subtle, natural impact. Then we go to the bottom with the Depth Charge Crawfish, a jig-style micro craw pattern heavy adequate to dig up the inmost runs. And since often the difficulty is the point, we’re completing with a Size 20 Micro Bugger– evidence that marabou and hackle belong on hooks of every size.
Mark time the videos, clear the desk, and let’s tie.
Parachute Adams
Hook: Dry fly hook, size 14
Thread: 8/0 or 6/0
Tail: Grizzly and Brown Coq de Leon fibers
Body: Perfect Quill (removed quill)
Post: White Poly Yarn
Hackle: Grizzly and Brown dry fly hackle
Dubbing: Superfine or comparable (for thorax)
Head Cement: Head cement or very glue
Finn Nymph
Hook: Ahrex FW550, size 8
Beads: 4mm Mounds Firehole Stone and 3.8 mm slotted tungsten
Thread: UTC 70 (brown); fluorescent orange UTC for location
Tail: Pheasant tail fibers
Body: Uni Floss (brown)
Dubbing: Finn raccoon
Hackle: Brown CDC
Depth Charge Crawfish
Hook: Jig-style hook
Thread: Veevus Red
Weight: Lead wire
Claws: Scorched orange marabou
Legs: Brown vinyl legs; gold/black rubber legs
Eyes: Shellfish eyes (custom-made)
Dubbing: Cohen’s Carp Dub (Rusty Nail)
Carapace: Blane Chocklett’s Craw Claw Carapace (additional little)
Size 20 Micro Bugger
Hook: Core Nymph Hook, size 20
Bead: Saluda Beads
Weight: 0.3 mm wire
Thread: TheFlySmith 10D GSP
Tail: Fulling Mill Marabou
Body: Superfine Dubbing
Rib: XS Ultra Wire, UTC (chartreuse)
Hackle: Honey Dun Hen (Whiting cape)