Yup……these are some patterns I will be putting in the East Walker River box for May 2014…some things I have wanted to tie up for awhile. If one has never been to Bridgeport, CA, where the East Walker River is located, I would not plan on rushing up there this Spring/Summer/Fall, unless the intention is to fish the reservoir or higher elevation lakes. We are in the third year of a drought which has seen very little snowpack in the Sierras…Bridgeport Reservoir will not be anywhere near this full:
The RES. – Spring 2011…it was full – then…I will not fish the East Walker during the stated periods unless the flows are at least 100-125cfs.
We love these guys too much…
For flows on the East Walker River see HERE
A May 2014 Box of assorted fly patterns…
BROWN UV2 SUGAR NYMPH – Davies/Variant …
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #12 – #18
THREAD:Tiemco 16/0, Dark Brown
WEIGHT: .015 or .010 Lead or Lead sub.
SHUCK: DNA Holo Fusion, Russet – 10-12 non-flash strands, 1 flash strand (for a #14 hook)
ABDOMEN: Flashabou Brown Holographic Tinsel – * coat thread with Hard As Hull before wrapping tinsel
RIB: Ultra Wire Hot Orange, small or brassie
WINGLETS: Goose Biots, Red Quill
LEGS: 3 each side, tilted upwards, Rust or Red Pheasant Tail Fibers
THORAX: 50/50 mix UV2 Fine & Dry, Rust / UV Ice Dub, Brown
BEAD: Copper Tungsten, sized to hook
A take off on Canadian tier, Jeremy Davies’ “Spidey Nymph”. I tie a lot of his patterns – because they work…period
Materials BROWN UV2 SUGAR NYMPH…
BROWN UV2 SUGAR NYMPHS…
UV2 PMD CRIPPLE/EMERGER …
HOOK: Gamakatsu C16-B, #16 – #18
THREAD: Veevus 16/0, Yellow
SHUCK: Antron, Copper Brown
ABDOMEN: Working thread
WING: Puglisi Trigger Point International Fibers, PMD
THORAX: UV Ice Dub, Yellow
HACKLE: UV2 Ginger/Cream
Something in a PMD to hang in the surface film when these Western bugs are hatching…any where. If it is cold and raining, they will trickle off for most of an afternoon. The Trout know this…I like this hook form cripple/emerger patterns…
Materials UV2 CRIPPLE/EMERGER PMD…
UV2 CRIPPLE /EMERGER PMD(s)….
STILLWATER SH…
HOOK: Daiichi 1560, #16 – #18
THREAD: Persall’s Silk Thread, #.12 Cardinal
TAIL: Lemon Woodduck
RIB: Lagartun, Gold, x-fine
THORAX: Iridescent Dyed Peacock , Olive Dun – Spirit River
HACKLE: Hungarian Partridge
A simple soft hackle using a different material for the thorax…and for some reaso, that olive dun color works in certain places, the Stillwater River in MT being one such place. In the materials photo, note the Matarelli Bobbin. It was designed to hold Persall’s Silk thread. Get one before they disappear… forever…
Materials STILLWATER SH…
STILLWATER SOFT HACKLES…
My BOZOS, mulling it over… on the Stillwater River, MT…
BOX in progress…This is my DeWitt working box…
BLACK N’ BLUE MIDGE …
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #18 – #20
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
RIB: UTC Gun Metal Blue
THORAX: Iridescent Dyed Peacock Herl – Spirit River
BEAD: Hi-Lite Glass, Blue Peacock, x-sm
Another attractor type Midge with some blue highlights…Blue has some spectacular days on the East Walker working on both Rainbows and Browns…
Materials BLACK N’ BLUE MIDGE…
BLACK N’ BLUE MIDGES…
POLAR FLOSS CADDIS LARVA (Brown/Olive) – Umpqua/Hanak C300BL, #10 – #14… Light B/G
POLAR FLOSS CADDIS LARVA (Brown/Olive) …
HOOK: Umpqua/Hanak C300BL, #10 – #14
WEIGHT: ,015 – .010 Lead or Lead Sub.
THREAD: Abdomen- UTC 70 Denier Light Olive / Thorax forward – Veevus 16/0, Brown
RIB: Ice Thread, Brown
ABDOMEN: Flexi-Floss, Light Olive
FLASH BACK: Hedron Glow-In-The-Dark (Orange) Flashabou… One Strand
OVER ABDOMEN: Scud Back, 1/8″. Tan
THORAX: Micro Polar Chenille, Tan
Always playing with stuff to imitate those free living Caddis Larvae on the East Walker River…
Materials POLAR FLOSS CADDIS LARVA…
POLAR FLOSS CADDIS …
HB FURNACE & HERL (Brown) …
HOOK: TMC 5262, #12 – #18
THREAD: Veevus 16/0, Brown
HOT BUTT: Datum Glo-Brite Floss, #.5, Fl. Orange
RIB: UTC Wire, Copper Brown, SM
ABDOMEN: Iridescent Dyed Peacock, Brown – Spirit River
HACKLE: Hen Neck, Furnace
BEAD: Copper Tungsten, Sized to hook
This is just a generic peacock soft hackle with a hot butt and bead…for use in lakes, I would omit the bead. I have a lot of success with these types of soft hackle patterns and will eventually tie them in Purple, Black, Red, Orange, Blue and Dun…using different hen hackling, starling and partridge .Me thinks they would take a couple of Trout on this water…
Little Virginia Lake, Bridgeport, CA…
Materials HB FURNACE & HERL…
HB FURNACE & HERL (s)…
TRAILING BUBBLE CADDIS – Ritt/Variant (Gray) …
HOOK: Daiichi 1260, #14 – #16, Daiichi 1110, #14 – #18
THREAD: Abdomen – Veevus 16/0, Gray / Thorax forward – Tiemco 16/0, Charcoal Gray
SHUCK: Midge Mirage Opal
ABDOMEN: Veevus 16/0 Gray Thread
OVER ABDOMEN: Gray Micro Tubing
UNDER WING: Puglisi Trigger Point Internatioal Fibers, BWO – mixed with 3 strands of Midge Mirage Opal
OVER WING: Yearling Elk, Gray
THORAX: UV2 Fine & Dry Adams Gray
HACKLE: Medium Dun
This is an Al Ritt pattern that uses snowshoe hare for the over wing in the original pattern. This Gray Caddis would be for the east Walker River to be fished a long the edges, under the willows, below, in early June. I like to present these guys downstream… so Mr. Brown sees the fly first…
Michael… working along the willows on the EWR…with a 10′, 5wt.
Materials TRAILING BUBBLE CADDIS…
HAPPY TRAILS…
ALLY’S RED VINE MIDGE …
HOOK: Daiichi 1273, #18 – #20
THREAD: Gordon Griffith Sheer, 14/0, Red
SHUCK: Midge Mirage Opal
ABDOMEN: Clear Micro Tubing
THORAX: Iridescent Peacock, Copper Red – Spirit River
BEAD: Glass Hi-Lite, Quicksilver, x-sm
Keep the Micro Tubing tight while wrapping back to the bend, then forward. It will not slip. Translucence and segmentation, the identity of Midge sub-surface…
Materials ALLY’S RED VINE MIDGE…
ALLY’S RED VINE MIDGES…
RED VINE GIRL on the Stillwater River, MT…
STJ’s BAETIS – Olive/Black- Ramirez/Variant – TMC 2488, #16 – #18…
STJ’s BAETIS – Olive/Black- Ramirez/Variant (light B/G)…
HOOK: TMC 2488, #16 – #18
THREAD: Abdomen – Lagartun 74 Denier, Olive / Thorax forward- Tiemco 16/0, Olive
TAIL/CARPACE: Black Pheasant Tail Fibers – 3
RIB: Ice Thread, Black
THORAX: Hare’s Ice Dub, Olive Brown
WING CASE/LEGS: Fluoro Fiber, Black – 12 -16 strands, pulled over and split
OVER WING CASE: Holographic Mylar Motion, 1/32″, Black – *Coat with UV Resin
This Baetis/BWO pattern is SIMILAR TO JUAN’s… Juan would be Juan Ramirez aka: THE HOPPER JUAN…it is a combination of two different patterns I viewed there…
Materials STJ’s…
STJ’s…
MRB – (Mink, Resin, Brassie) – Copper/Brown…
HOOK: TMC 5262, #16 – #18
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
ABDOMEN: Wapsi UTC wire, Copper Brown, SM – Coat with UV Resin
THORAX: Mink body hair, Natural Brown
A simple Brassie pattern that may be tied on straight or curved hooks. I started coating the wire wraps with Dave’s Flexament, then UV Resin several years ago, up in Montana. This pattern really works well on reddish bottomed stream beds like the Stillwater in MT. I use it during the first PMD hatches that occur there just when the run off starts, in late June – early July and fish it along the edges and softer water. Use different colored wires for other bottom conditions but stick with mink for the thorax because of it’s ability to retain air bubbles…Mink is now available in a lot of dyed colors – use it !
Materials MRB…
MRB(s)…
MRB – a very effective pattern …in MT, on the Stillwater…
BLACK PEARL …
HOOK: TMC 2499 SPBL, #16 – #18
THREAD: (Not Pictured) Tiemco 16/0, Black
SHUCK: Midge Flash, Pearl
ABDOMEN: 2 Strands Black / 1 Strand Pearl Glimmer Thread – Cascade Crest – * Coat with Hard as Hull or SHAN
WING: 1 Strand Grizzly Krystal Flash, Black/Red
THORAX: Iridescent Dyed Peacock Herl, Copper Red – Spirit River
BEAD: Nickel Tungsten (Silver), sized to hook
A flashy Zebra type Midge pattern which is very effective on Eastern Sierra tail waters, like the East Walker River, or anywhere a Zebra Midge might be used…
Materials for BLACK PEARL…
BLACK PEARL (s)…
EWR CRIPPLE – Matthews/ MGC Variant …
HOOK: TMC 2488, #16 – #18
THREAD: Abdomen- Uni 8/0, Olive Dun / Thorax forward – Tiemco 16/0, Olive
SHUCK: Zelon, Light Olive
ABDOMEN: Working thread, Olive Dun
THORAX: Iridescent Dyed Peacock, Purple – Spirit River
WING: Puglisi Trigger Point International Fibers, BWO
HACKLE: Medium Dun, V-Notched, at the bottom
This is a BWO version of Craig Matthew’s Madison Guide Cripple… Video HERE…Never enough Baetis/BWO patterns…
Materials EWR CRIPPLE…
EWR CRIPPLES…
East Walker River Brown…
MR. T CADDIS (UV2/TPI) – Matthews/Variant …
HOOK: Daiichi 1100, #16 – #18
THREAD: Abdomen – Veevus 16/0, White / Thorax forward – Veevus 16/0, Brown
SHUCK: Amber Zelon
UNDER WING: Sparkle Emerger Yarn, Tan
WING: Puglisi Trigger Point International Fibers, Black
This is an older BRF/Craig Matthew’s pattern that was designed for that “greasy sunlight”, just at dusk, on the Madison River. The black wing helps the angler see the fly under those lighting conditions. The wing material is treated with WATERSHED. so it floats real nice…
Materials MR. T Caddis…
MR. T(s)…
Caddis time on the Madison River, MT…where the little guy below hatches during the dog days of Summer…
GLOSSOSOMA CADDIS LARVAE – Matthews/Variant…
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #16
THREAD: Abdomen – UTC 70 Denier, Shell Pink / Thorax forward – Veevus 16/0, Brown
RIB: UTC wire, Amber, small
ABDOMEN: LaFontaine Touch Dubbing, Pink
THORAX: Senyo’s Laser Dubbing, Tan
HACKLE: Hungarian Partridge
This is THE MOST IMPORTANT Caddis in the Eastern Sierras, which is not the only place that it is found. Most Fly Fisherman, who travel to those waters, don’t even know about it. Like Ralph Cutter says in the article that I have linked to, “Learn how to use this pattern!”. Craig Matthews ties it HERE…
Materials GLOSSOSOMA CADDIS LARVAE…
GLOSSOSOMA CADDIS LARVAE…
K.I.S.S. MIDGE LARVA – Chartreuse …
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #18 – #22
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black – for the head only
ABDOMEN: Micro Tubing Chartreuse
Start the Micro Tubing at the head position, after tying it in, keep it under tension wrapping back into the bend then forward…one may add some Iridescent Peacock for a thorax- if desired. These are simple, translucent and portray hints of segmentation…fish this about 6″ off the bottom …
Materials K.I.S.S. MIDGE LARVA….
K.I.S.S. MIDGES….
COPPER LOTUS – Egan/Variant…
HOOK: – TMC 100 SPBL, #16 – #20
THREAD: Uni 8/0, Olive Dun
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dun
RIB: Uni 6/0, Black – twisted
WING CASE: Midge Diamond Braid, Black
THORAX: SLF Spikey Squirrel Dubbing, Olive
HOT SPOT: Datum Glo-Brite, #.5, Fl. Hot Orange
BEAD: Copper Tungsten, sized to hook
This is a variation on Lance Egan’s “IRON LOTUS”… tied on a straight shank hook with some different elements added A curved shank hook like the TMC 2487 or Daiichi 1130 works well too.I prefer keeping the abdomen thin on these patterns This pattern imitates a small May Fly in an attractor sort of way…A video for the original pattern may be viewed HERE
Materials COPPER LOTUS…
COPPER LOTUS(s)….
I will be able to use some of them with this little lightweight set-up I have not put to work in a long time:
Bamboo,Abel, H&L Variant and ‘Bow…on the Stillwater River, MT...
NEXT: Some interesting hooks and beads from the TROUT LEGEND STORE …with bugs tied on them – of course…
PT/TB 
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