I’m continuing to tie flies with different colors. As I wrote yesterday, I’m doing this for experimentation, but, also, to have something different to throw to pressured fish. “Variants” have been very effective (prior post here). I think the ol’ Pheasant Tail is a great fly pattern. I like making them on barbless and curved
Category: Flies and fly tying
More on Purple
When water gets lower and the fish have seen oodles of flies, I try to throw nymphs that are a bit different. As I’ve blogged before, the color blue works well in winter (post here). I also have been working with purple (prior post here). Purple Pheasant Tails can be deadly, for example. Here is
Flashback Blue-Winged Olive Emerger
When summer kicks in, my best dropper flies tend to be small emergers. So, I am experimenting with some new colors, as I prep for our Pittsburg, NH, trip. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BlogFlyFish.com (@blogflyfish) Up above is a version that I hope will do well, in a size
Slow vs. Fast Water
I’m definitely finding that fast vs. slow water makes a big difference. For the former, larger and brighter flies can work well. For the latter, small and more subdued is best. Example: I tied earlier in the year some thin and small Baetis emergers in a size 18 (edit: recipe here). They work phenomenally well