Flies and fly tying – Page 51

Tried-and-True Emerger Patterns

January 23, 2017September 22, 2017 Jo Tango

I’m reloading the fly boxes with some tried-and-true patterns. Among them are the flashback WD-40 and the Caddis Emerger. I these days make the former in sizes 16 to 20. You can go down to size 32, but I don’t torture myself with that anymore! I add a strip of Krystal Flash and cover the

A Midge Pupa Variant

January 14, 2017September 13, 2017 Jo Tango

More size 20 midge pupae. #euronymphing #orvis #flyfishing #barbless #flytying A post shared by BlogFlyFish (@blogflyfish) on Jan 13, 2017 at 6:52am PST I just received in the mail some new materials. For fun, I decided to make a new experimental fly, a variant of a midge pupa. Super-easy to make. I use the trusty

Midge Pupa

January 13, 2017July 6, 2018 Jo Tango

Tying more of these. Best dropper fly last spring. Size 20. Thread, wire, peacock herl. Hook with 3x gape. #euronymphing #orvis #flyfishing #barbless #flytying A post shared by BlogFlyFish (@blogflyfish) on Jan 13, 2017 at 5:43am PST With fishing not in cards for a while due to schedules, it has been fun to engage in

Little Black Snowflies

January 12, 2017September 12, 2017 Jo Tango

Get ready for dry flies! Depending on the weather, sometime in February or March, some little bugs will start to stir around. These will be stoneflies. As they don’t have gills, they hang out in the highly-oxygenated riffled areas. Then, in late Winter, they’ll heed the call of nature. They’ll crawl to the banks, emerge,