BWOs are abundant and a staple in most people’s fly boxes. Here’s a great video from Kelly Galloup. It’s a very thorough review of hooks, body, materials, and an important strike trigger that he incorporates. A simple tie.
Category: Flies and fly tying
Lance Egan’s GTI Caddis
A fly I’m tying is the Egan GTI Caddis (video up top). I like the color contrasts, and I’ve found that Caddis is pretty abundant on nearly all waters that I fish. I’m tying them in size 18 and will use them as a dropper. I won’t be adding weight to them, as I like
Blue
Good dropper last February. Size 20. Black midge larva with blue Krystal Flash and UV Finish Thin. #euronymphing #orvis #flyfishing #flytying A post shared by BlogFlyFishMA (@blogflyfishma) on Jan 28, 2017 at 1:21am PST I’ve read that blue can be a very powerful color for flies in the winter. Last year, I tied up various
The Baetis
Ah, yes, the Baetis. Otherwise known as the Blue-Winged Olive, it is a bug about which anglers need to know. That’s because BWOs hatch periodically in the spring, summer and fall (cf. the Orvis Eastern Hatch Chart). When nymphing, I usually fish a size 18 or 20. One trick is to make them slim. The