Hook: TMC 100BL #16
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Tail: Mayfly tails
Body: Fly-Rite Extra Fine Poly Brown
Wing: CDC
These small nohackle CDCs sit a little bit different in the water than the ones with hackle and is a good example on why less-is-more! This version I tried to tie up with 4 tail fibers to get it to sit higher in the water. Good for both trout and grayling around these parts.
Hook: TMC 100BL #16
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Sripped Peacock Eye Quill Orange
Thorax: Hends Superfine black
Wing post: Hareline Para Post Dark Grey
Hackle: Whiting
I tend to tie up a lot of flies with a lot of material to make them more vibrant and visible. Trying to tie up some leaner flies and this one should be a good addition to my BL box.
Need to fill up a BL box for myself, starting august by tying up some of these parachutes on a TMC 100BL #16 that was very successful up north this summer.
Hook: TMC 518 #32
Thread: TMC 16/0 black
Hackle: Whiting Bronze
Body: Hends superfine on the on to the right
A couple of really, really small flies here: on the TMC #32 these are some of the smallest hooks you can get now. The problem is not tying it on, the problem is actually getting the hackle small enough for this size!
Hook: Mustad 94840 #22
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tail: Leftover black hackle from Whiting
Body: Hends Superfine
Hackle: Whiting Bronze
It has been a busy summer with a lot of fishing, this particular midge in size #18 got me a 850gram grayling up north, so I need to get some more, but in even smaller size. Easy to tie up (as long as you have small enough hackle) and the fish will hunt this down!
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