Snowshoe Rabbit Emerger

Hook: Daiichi 1167 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Yellow
Body: Fly-Rite Extra Fine Poly Golden Yellow
Wing: Hareline Snowshoe Rabbit Feet Olive
Ribb: UTC Ultra Wire Olive

I have had a couple of Rabbit feet around for a while but not actually using them for a pattern. This consists of only two materials: the dubbing and the snowshoe (except for the last one where I added a rib), I left the fly as sparse as I could by choice to see how it will behave in the river I’m heading out to tomorrow.

The Fly-Rite dubbing makes it possible to make really slender bodies for flies like this!

Sunday Tying

Posted on 16 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc deer mustad

Sunday morning and it is clouded and a fair bit of wind in Oslo today, too much for any dryfly fishing anyway! So, in preparation for the summers expedition to rivers and lakes a bit further north I’m tying up some of the CDC & Deer that I posted the other day. These are all tied on a Mustad 94840 #12 with some variation on colors based on the CDC I have available.

Music for todays tying session have been Pjusk: a ambient, nature inspired, band from Norway that is available on Spotify if you want to check them out.

Green CDC & Deer

Posted on 12 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc hareline mustad sbs sheer

When I was out in the forest the other day, this fly was the one that the trout really couldn’t get enough of. It is easy to tie, can be varied in size and colors to match whatever you have hatching around you and it catches fish! The pattern is really simple with only dubbing, CDC and deer hair (or the equivalent). The CDC makes this fly come to life on the surface, and it really floats well…..

Hook: Mustad 94840 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Green
Body: Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive
Wing Case: 2 Green CDC with Deer Hair on top

Apply dubbing to the hook
Tie in two CDC feathers and dub in over the thread

Make a loop of the CDC and fasten behind the hook eye. Make sure to make room for the Deer hair!

Add Deer hair on top of the CDC and a small amount of dubbing before tying of.

This is a general pattern that I will have a lot of for the comming summer: I will tie up in sizes #10 to #18 and vary the color between green, white and rusty-red (the CDC colors I currently have)

No Hackle CDC

Posted on 2 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc mustad sheer taimen whiting

Hook: Mustad 94840 #18
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Tail: Whiting Bronze Brown
Body: Taimen Beaver Dubbing Brown
Wing: 2xCDC

The no-hackle CDC is very easy and with a bit of floatant it sits very nicely in the surface film. I tend to tie these with a white wing (for moving water it does help for visibility), but keep a variety of colors at hand in sizes from #22 up to #14. They are easy to tie, only involves 3 materials and will catch fish!

Organza Spinner

Posted on 28 May, 201328 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide guideline hareline taimen tmc uni

Hook: TMC 100 #24
Thread: UNI 17/0
Tail: Hareline Mayfly Tail
Body: Hareline Turkey Biot Quills Lt. Olive
Wing: Guideline Sparkle Organza
Thorax: Taimen Beaver Dubbing, Dark Olive

Great little spinner pattern, first time I have used Organza for a fly, and the Turkey Biot got on nicely: I got my first biot this winter and have spent some time getting it on correctly, but now it seems to get on ok. The taimen beaver dubbing in the thorax should give the fly some buoyancy.

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