TAILWATER TINY’s…

I came across this pattern a number of years ago, up in Montana, at Tim Tollett’s Frontier Anglers in Dillon…Since then, I have seen it’s appearance on a number of other knowledgeable sites – shops, guides and a few tiers. Here are two versions that I employ for the East Walker River around this time of year. The original pattern is tied with a tungsten bead. I use both tungsten and brass for my ties – it all depends on the depth I wish to fish the fly. The general colors are: black, red, rust, olive and golden. I also tie them in yellow and gray…

OLIVE TAILWATER TINY…

HOOK: TMC 2488, TMC 2487, Daiichi 1130, Mustad c49s, #18-#22

THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive or Gordon Griffith 14/0, Olive

TAIL: Lemon Wood Duck Fibers

RIB: Wapsi wire, Chartreuse, x-sm

WING LOOP: Olive Krystal Flash…(the original pattern uses just one strand of KF on each side of the thorax) I like the loop…

THORAX: Olive/Brown Ice Dub

WING CASE: Scud Back, 1/8″, Black

BEAD: Copper…or your call. 1/16 brass or tungsten

Michael when he was…er, “SMALLER”, Fly Fishing through a section of the East Walker River that hold small May flies aplenty…which is what the Tailwater Tiny imitates…

RUST TAILWATER TINY…

HOOK: TMC 2488, TMC 2487, Daiichi 1130, Mustad c49s, #18-#22

THREAD: Lagartun, 74 Denier, Rusty Brown…for Abdomen

THREAD: Tiemco, 16/0 Brown…Thorax forward

TAIL: Lemon Wood Duck fibers

RIB: Wapsi wire, Copper, x-sm

WING LOOP: Rusty Brown Krystal Flash

WING CASE: Scud Back, 1/8″, Black

THORAX: Ice DUB, UV Rust

BEAD: Copper, 1/16…Brass or Tungsten

This is a “Killer Pattern” on this tailwater…the yellow one works real fine about 60 miles South of the East Walker, on another Eastern Sierra fishery…

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PT/TB