Well…after a four month break of not tying any fly patterns, I finally set up my vice and started making some wraps around a hook shank. This time out is the longest I have gone since 2004 and not tying flies. Many of the patterns below were very successful on my trip to Montana with my son Michael and needed to be replenished. Time to get back in the groove:
DEEP ANGLER’S IMAGE FLY BOX …Done…!!!
Hanak Hook heaven at Bob Marriott’s Fly Fishing Store…2.17.2018…
Econo – Masu Beads and Jig Hooks…
Not Econo Hanak Hooks…
TMC Hooks and Plummeting Tungsten Beads, Matte Black…
UV2 Collared Crystal Serendipity – Peacock…Matthews / Variant…
HOOK: Firehole Stick 316, #18
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0 White – Under Abdomen / Tiemco 16/0, Black – Thorax forward
ABDOMEN: Krystal Flash, Peacock – 2 strands wrapped flat
RIB: UTC Wire, Copper, x-sm
WING: Bleached Premium Yearling Elk Hair or Bleached Coastal Deer Hair
COLLAR: UV2 Dyed Peacock, Black
BEAD: Copper Tungsten, 5/64″
So…I tie a lot of these type of attractor midge patterns using various colors of Krystal Flash and UV2 Peacock. They work particularly well on the East Walker River from Springtime through the Fall…
Materials UV2 Collared Crystal Serendipity – Peacock
UV2 Collared Crystal Serendipities – Peacock…#18’s…
ANGLER’S IMAGE DEEP 6 COMPARTMENT FLY BOX...with some small stuff that will appear below…
OPAL Z-APPLE TWIST SERENDIPITY…Matthews / Variant…
HOOK: Firehole Stick 633, #16 – #18
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
ABDOMEN: 1 Strand Apple Caddis Zelon (BRF), 1 strand Black KF, 1 Strand Mirage Opal Accent – twisted and wrapped on the hook shank
WING: White Zelon, Kinky
This is a variant on Craig Matthew’s Guide Serendipity that I have been using for years when the Mother’ Day hatch ( Brachycentrus – Caddis ) begins on the Lower Owens River, in the Spring. In case one has not heard, the Lower Owens River , from Pleasant Valley Reservoir to just about Highway 6 near Laws, CA…burned extensively Feb. 18 – Feb. 19, 2018. It looked like this today (Feb. 19 ):
Early Sunday afternoon & Evening…
Late Sunday, February 18…
Monday morning, February 19…
Mid – Day Monday, Feb. 19… I will be going elsewhere in a couple of weeks with Ally & Nick…
Materials OPAL Z-APPLE TWIST SERENDIPITY…
I like to use these hackle pliers when twisting Zelon, Antron and Sparkle Emerger Yarn with Krystal Flash…they work well..
OPAL Z-APPLE TWIST SERENDIPITY(s)…#18…
SHUCKA KAHN… Emerging Midge,CREAM-ISH/TAN…Variant/Paul Freeman…
HOOK:Daiichi 1110, #18 -#24 – (Paul uses Daiichi 1100)
THREAD: Wapsi Ultra 70 denier, Cream – (Paul uses Gudebrod size A rod wrapping thread) – Good luck with that at the moment…
SHUCK: Amber Sparkle Emerger Yarn or Amber Zelon – (Paul uses copper brown Antron)
ABDOMEN: Tying thread
LOOPED WING: White Sparkle Organza
RIB: Wapsi wire, Copper, x-sm – (Paul uses twisted white thread)…* NOW coat with SHAN or Loon UV Knotsense _ (Paul does not coat)
HEAD: Tiemco 16/0, Lt. Cahill…pull wing over and tie off at head when the coating dries…
This was a surprise pattern that just killed at $3.00 Bridge on a very cold and snowy morning in mid – September…
Materials SHUCKA KAHN… Emerging Midge
SHUCKA KAHN… Emerging Midges…#18’s…
SHOP VAC (Thread Version)…
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #18 – #2o
THREAD: Danville #47, Tobacco Brown 6/0 – Abdomen / Tiemco 16/0 Black – Thorax forward
RIB: UTC gold wire, x-sm
WING: White Standard Zelon
BEAD: Gold Tungsten, sized to hook
This is the thread version of the Shop Vac. It has bee working for me and my guys just about everywhere since 2000. I always have a bunch of these in my boxes…
Materials SHOP VAC (Thread Version )…
SHOP VAC(s), #18 & #20…
UV BLUE WISP SH MIDGE …
HOOK: Daiichi 1110 – #18 – #22
THREAD: Under abdomen – Tiemco 16/0, White / Thorax forward – Tiemco 16/0, Black
ABDOMEN: Krystal Flash UV Blue
RIB: Lagartun, x-fine, Silver Wire – * Coat with HAH or SHAN
THORAX: Hare’s Ear Ice Dub, Harder’s Bloody Black
HACKLE: Starling feather, Blue (dyed) – White Fox Fur & Feather Co. or HERE
This was Michael’s favorite Montana Midge pattern …so, I tied more of them up for him…
Materials UV BLUE WISP SH MIDGE…
UV BLUE WISP SH MIDGE (s)…
UV2 RC MIDGE – Freeman / Variant…
HOOK: Daiichi 1130, #18 – #24
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, White – Under Abdomen – Tiemco 16/0, Black – Thorax forward
ABDOMEN: Gold Micro Floss, Cascade Crest
THORAX: Iridescent Peacok Eyes, Black
This Midge pattern just smashed for me on the East Walker River in late September. I will be tying up a number of variants on this great little bug in my next post…
Materials UV2 RC MIDGE…
UV2 RC MIDGES, #18’s…
NEXT: More BUGS fo the Eastern Sierra…
PT/TB
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