Today’s Tying Tuesday showcases 3 cool patterns that need to be extremely efficient in spring. Initially, Paul Johnson connects a cool, buggy blue-winged olive dry fly that’s a mashup of variations produced by Charlie Craven and Walter Wiese. It’s got emerger or paralyze vibes that make it look susceptible to careful trout. Next up, Davie McPhail shows how to connect an easy olive nymph, which utilizes CDC and irreversible markers in methods you might not have actually attempted in the past. (If you’re bad with Scottish accents, you need to strike the CC button to follow along.) Lastly, Pete Rosenau of Spawn Fly Fish works up a cool articulated sculpin replica that’s in fact much easier to connect than it looks, thanks to some ingenious products. The completed fly is extremely slinky and need to press an excellent quantity of water, which is typically the trick to drawing strikes.
Thin Tim BWO
Hook: Basic emerger hook, size 16
Thread: Olive, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Tracking shuck: Mayfly brown Zelon.
Abdominal Area: Connecting thread.
Wing/wingcase/legs: Silver Congo Hair.
Thorax: Blue-winged olive Superfine Dubbing.
Spring Bug
Hook: Czech-nymph hook (here a Fulling Mill 5065), sizes 14-16
Bead: Gold tungsten, 2.8 mm.
Thread: Light Cahill, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Tail: Dyed-olive CDC fibers.
Rib: Clear Uni-Mylar, 1/32-inch, colored brown with a long-term marker.
Abdominal Area: Hare’s mask dubbing and CDC fibers, mixed.
Wing case: Brown Para Post.
Thorax: Hare’s mask dubbing and CDC fibers, mixed.
Adhesive: Head cement.
Bead color: Brown irreversible marker.
Tools: Irreversible marker, calling brush.
Bunny Brush Sculpin
Rear Shank: Spawn Articulated Shank, 15mm.
Thread # 1: Brown or black, 6/0 140-denier.
Tail: Tan Spawn Polliwog Tail.
Rear Body: Sand Alternative MRC Bunny Brush.
Rear Flash: Rootbeer Polar Chenille.
Rear head: Connecting thread.
Adhesive # 1: Clear Crazy Hard Head.
Front Hook: MFC Tactical Jig Hook 7203, size 6.
Bead: Crayfish Brown Spawn Slotted Tungsten Football Bead, 7mm.
Weighted Wire: Lead-free wire,.025.
Thread # 2: Camel or brown, 6/0 140-denier.
Port: Spawn shank, 19mm, eye got rid of.
Front Body: Sand Alternative MRC Bunny Brush.
Front Flash: Rootbeer Polar Chenille.
Front Collar: Sand Dab Sculpin Spawn Dub.
Cement: Crazy Hard Head Clear
Tools: Wire-cutting scissors, calling brush.
