So these will be emergers, duns and maybe a spinner or two along with more detailed information on the little guys that are available almost year round and the most important May Fly hatch perhaps anywhere…Gary LaFontaine had a book in the works, at one time, on Blue Winged Olives. It was never completed prior to his passing. I would have definitely enjoyed having a copy of THAT…Here are some great resources for learning more about the Baetis Complex…books and links…
My first book on Mayflies…and still a good one…
A must…
Shane Stalcup’s classic…
…another classic from Swisher & Richards…
A recent publish that has excellent informations and BWO patterns with recipes…
These links provide a primer on Blue Winged Olives…one may notice a few of my fly patterns included in the photos from Fly Fishing Traditions:
Completed BAETIS BOX…and a little something from Rick Hafele on BWO’s:
Winston BORON IIIX SUPER 10, 5wt. – Hatch 4 Plus Finatic…
Frozen MOO…
PQ BWO PARA EMERGER …
HOOK: TMC 206BL, #16 – #20
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive
SHUCK: Sparkle Emerger Yarn, Olive/Brown
ABDOMEN: Polish Quill, Olive – * Coat with UV Resin for durability and Bling
THORAX: Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing – BWO
POST: Blue Dun McFlylon #.24
HACKLE: Dun
Michael likes his dry flies, so this is a hanging emerger for his use. I gots to tie more Mayfly emergers on this hook…me likee…
Materials PQ BWO PARA EMERGER…
PQ BWO PARA EMERGERs …# 20’s…
Baetis water…0 degrees at the 45th. parallel – halfway between the North Pole and the Equator…
BWO PARA SPINNER – Schollmeyer/Variant …
HOOK: Daiichi 1110, #16 – #22
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Dark Brown
TAIL: Micro Fibetts, Light Dun
ABDOMEN: UV2 Fine & Dry, Rust
POST: White Poly Yarn
HACKLE: Dun
A simple Jim Schollmeyer spinner pattern when one encounters them and the Trout are receptive to flush floaters…
Materials BWO PARA SPINNER…
BWO PARA SPINNERS…#20’s…
CHART DOT I.C.U. BAETIS – McCormick./ Variant …
HOOK: TMC 2488, #20
THREAD: Veevus 16/0, Olive Dun – Abdomen / Tiemco 16/0, Olive – Thorax Forward
SHUCK: Zelon, Dun
POST: Rainy’s Parachute Post ( foam cylinder), Chartreuse, 1/16″
THORAX: Orvis Spectrablend – Olive Gray
WING(s): Zelon – Dun
Another Bucky McCormick pattern from Blue Ribbon Flies for these old eyes to see…
Materials CHART DOT I.C.U. BAETIS …
CHART DOT I.C.U. BAETIS…#20’s…
BUCKY’S KLINKHAMMER SHUCKIN’ BAETIS …
HOOK: McCormick/Variant- Daiichi 1167, #18 – #20
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Olive – Abdomen / Thorax Forward, Tiemco 16/0, Olive
SHUCK: Sparkle Emerger Yarn, Dark Olive Dun
ABDOMEN: UTC 70 Denier, Olive
RIB: Lagartun Copper Wire, x-fie – * Coat with Hard As Hull for durability
POST: Poly Yarn, Orange
THORAX: Dark Tan Beaver
Bucky McCormick, of Blue Ribbon Flies, ties this pattern as a Midge. I have adapted it for an emerging Baetis…
Materials BUCKY’S KLINKHAMMER SHUCKIN’ BAETIS…
BUCKY’S KLINKHAMMER SHUCKIN’ BAETIS…#20’s…
A visit to SPOOL CITY…
PQ BAETIS EMERGER – Barr/Pennington Variant…
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #18 – #22
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive
SHUCK: Zelon, Amber
ABDOMEN: Polish Quill, Olive – * Coat with UV Resin
OVER/WINGCASE: 2 strands Holographic Mylar Motion, Black, 1/32″
WINGCASE/LEGS: Fluoro Fiber, Brown or Black, 16 strands or less depending on hook size * Coat Mylar Motion with UV Resin
This is a composite of John Barr’s BWO Emerger and Carl Pennington’s Biot Emerger ,using a Black Holographic wing case. Why Black ??? Because BWO’s are most active when their wing cases darken, just prior to hatching…This pattern is meant to be fished from the bottom of the water column to just under the surface. Grease thy leader or hang it off a larger dry pattern…I prefer the wing case be pronounced as a trigger…
Materials PQ BAETIS EMERGER…
PQ BAETIS EMERGERs…#20’s…
SPANFLEX CDC CDL OLIVE BAETIS EMERGER …
HOOK: TMC 2488, #16 – #20
THREAD: Underabdomen – Tiemco 16/0, White / Thorax Forward, Tiemco 16/0, Olive
TAIL: Whiting CDL Fibers
WING: Marc Petitjean Blue Dun CDC tips * tied in opposed
THORAX: Superfine BWO Dubbing – BWO
LEGS: * ( not Pictured ) Coq De Leon, Light Speckled – Hareline …and yes, there is a big difference between the Whiting and Spanish CDL
This is a pattern that sits with the abdomen just below the surface film. It is meant for slick, slow water below riffles…
Materials SPANFLEX CDC CDL OLIVE BAETIS EMERGER….
SPANFLEX CDC CDL OLIVE BAETIS EMERGERs…# 18’s….
FOAM BIOT EMERGER BWO – Bill Black/Variant…
HOOK: Daiichi 1110, #18 – #22
THREAD: Under Abdomen – Tiemco 16/0, White / Thorax Forward – Tiemco 16/0, Olive
SHUCK: Sparkle Emerger Yarn, Olive/Brown
ABDOMEN: UV2 Turkey Biot – fringed side out
WINGCASE/BURST WING: Razor Foam, Translucent Dun , 1mm or .5MM -sized to hook
LEGS: Dyed Brown Partridge, V-Notched
This is a Bill Black pattern. He was the President of Spirit River and the developer of the UV2 products. That company no longer exists. They were acquired by Hareline this past Fall (2016). This is an excellent floating emerger pattern for slick water…
Materials FOAM BIOT EMERGER BWO…
FOAM BIOT EMERGERs BWO…#18’s…
In hand, on the East Walker River…
DOA BWO CRIPPLE (Olive/Gray) – Nyman/Variant…
HOOK: TMC 103BL, #17 -#21
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive
SHUCK: Zelon, Olive/Brown
ABDOMEN: Micro Fine Dry Fly Dub, Gray/Olive
BURST WINGCASE/WING: EP Trigger Point Int’l. – Dun or Black (for those Gray Days)
Hackle: Dun, clipped so it rides low
This is a version of Rowan Nyman’s pattern tied on a TMC 103BL hook. This is an older pattern that was first presented by Blue Ribbon Flies awhile ago. It still works, real good, when Trout are feeding on cripples, in the surface film…
Materials DOA BWO CRIPPLE (Olive/Gray)…
DOA BWO CRIPPLEs (Olive/Gray)…#21’s…
CDL TPI PARACHUTE BWO …
HOOK: TMC 102Y, #17 – #21
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dun
ABDOMEN: Orvis Spectrablend Dry Fly – BWO
POST: Enrique Puglisi Trigger Point Into. Fibers Dun (BWO) or color of choice
HACKLE: Dun
Just a simple little BWO parachute for darker BWO hatches. I find that the BWO’s on the East Walker River tend to have a deeper Olive color than those, lower down, on the Owens River, below Pleasant Valley Reservoir. The Fl. Orange post is for me and the Dun post for Big MOO and Ally…they have better eyes…I am a big fan of this hook because of it’s color and wide gape…
Materials CDL TPI PARACHUTE BWO…
CDL TPI PARACHUTE BWOs… #19’s…
Fill’er up…
UV2 BROOK’S SPROUT BWO – Bob Brooks/Variant…
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #16 – #22
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive
SHUCK: Sparkle Emerger Yarn – Olive/Brown
ABDOMEN: Premo Goose Biot, BWO
THORAX: UV2 Fine & Dry – BWO
POST: Rainy’s Parachute Post (Foam Cylinder), White or color of choice, 1/16″
HACKLE: Dun
Bob Brooks developed this style pattern for Midges and small May Fly hatches when he was the river keeper on Hot Creek in the Eastern Sierras. This pattern has found wide-spread use throughout the world since it’s inception. With the shuck, it imitates an merging BWO…
Materials UV2 BROOK’S SPROUT BWO…
UV2 BROOK’S SPROUT BWOs…#20’s…
NEXT: Up the road with MOO then a smattering of patterns which will be done individually and not for a complete box…
PT/TB
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