Today’s Tying Tuesday leans all the method into the surface area, bringing you 4 patterns that cover the dry fly spectrum from timeless to eccentric: a soft-fur caddis constructed around a coyote mask, a foam hopper that’s as enjoyable to connect as it is to fish, a CDC soft hackle emerger created particularly for the March Brown hatch, and a Catskill-style dry dressed with among the more uncommon wing products you’ll discover at the vise– canvasback duck.
Whether you’re stockpiling for early-season swings or getting a get on summertime terrestrials, today’s lineup has something worth connecting. Bring up a stool, heat up the bobbin, and get those dry fly boxes prepared.
Coyote Caddis
Hook: Size 14, extra-long barbless dry fly hook
Thread: Tan, 70 denier
Body: Tan artificial dubbing
Wing: Coyote mask fur (bunny or fox as replacement)
Flash: Natural Crystal Flash, 4 hairs
Hackle: Cream or light tan, undersized (approx. size 16)
GFA Hopper
Hook: Increased 9231, size 12
Thread: Veevus 10/0, yellow
Underbody: UV2 Diamond Bright calling, orange (or Starburst dubbing)
Body: 2mm Eva fly foam, yellow
Wing: Versatile deer hair (elk hair works also)
Legs: Centipede legs or round rubber legs, speckled tan medium
Location: 2mm fly foam, orange
Resin: Solarez Bone Dry UV resin
March Brown CDC Soft Hackle
Hook: Ahrex Tradition Wet Fly LE880, size 12
Bead: Hareline countersunk tungsten, copper, 3/32 ″ (2.3 mm)
Thread: Danville’s Fly Masters Waxed (or Semperfli Nano Silk)
Tail/Abdomen: Hareline ringneck pheasant tail, natural
Rib: Uni Medium Soft Wire, copper
Thorax: Fulling Mill Eco Warrior Dub, Pepperbox
CDC Loop: Fulling Mill CDC, tan
Collar: Hareline Hungarian partridge skin
UV Resin: Solarez Bone Dry
Canvasback Dry Fly
Hook: Core 1190, size 14 (dry/light nymph hook)
Thread: TheFlySmith 12/0 standard, primrose
Wings: Canvasback duck flank plume
Tail: Sideling Hill cape, disallowed rusty dun
Hackle: Sideling Hill cape
Rib: TheFlySmith 0.075 mm wire
Head Cement: Backcast Fly Co.