Simplest extended mayfly

Hook: Mustad 94840 #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Hends Superfine, Black
Tail: Polychenille, Black
Wing: Hareline Para Post Wing, Dark Grey

I was at a river this summer with a good mayfly hatch that left me speechless, I didn’t have much material with me, and I was fishing a stream with quite a bit of water flowing so I went for what is important: the profile. The tail and wings gives a powerful profile that the trout will hit. This fly landed me a couple of trouts and some serious takes from a couple more that trashed the water nicely! Heading back this autumn to do some more fishing in the same river and will pack a row of these.

The lighter is there for melting the tip of the polychenille (I rub it slightly between the fingers after applying some heat to give it a profile.

CDC Nymph Experiment

Posted on 6 July, 20132 July, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc hareline tmc uni utc

Hook: TMC 2457 #10
Thread: UNI 6/0 Orange
Body: UTC Vinyl Rib Clear, ostrich herl
Wing: White CDC, Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive

Not quite sure where this came from: I had some ostrich herl and the clear vinyl rib on my desk, and then this just happened. I like the vinyl rib where the orange thread shows through, the ostrich herl together with the rather long CDC feather should also make this a very lively body, who knows: it might even catch a fish!

Mayfly Polychenille Body

Posted on 4 July, 20132 July, 2013 by Håvard Eide hareline knapek mayfly polychenille sheer whiting yarn

Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #16 Barbless
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Polychenille brown, Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Chocolate Brown
Wing: White Yarn
Hackle: Whiting

This is more of a one-time experiment to see how the polychenille will act as a extended body on a mayfly. Have not tested out that before so it will be interesting to observe how it will behave in the river. The body together with the hackle and V-wing should be a ok profile on the water.

Grey Caddis

Posted on 29 June, 201327 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide andre brun caddis fly-rite hareline mustad sheer whiting

Hook: Mustad 94840 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Fly-Rite Rust, Whiting Hackle
Wing: Hareline Para Post Wing

I’m in the middle of Watching “Ørretboms 5” from André Brun, and one of the flies covered on his flytying page is the Brun’s Caddis. I recently got some of the Para Post Wing and thought I would test it out for this pattern. The profile on the wing and the hackle (clipped on top/bottom) will make this a good pattern for later this summer when I go a bit north. This doesn’t have the tail as described, but frankly: I forgot all about it! This is a size #14 and I will make this from #12 down to #18 in slightly different color variations, but if truth be told: this is all about that profile, a real killer!

Snowshoe Rabbit Emerger

Posted on 17 June, 2013 by Håvard Eide daiichi emerger fly-rite hareline rabbit sheer utc

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!

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Simplest extended mayfly

CDC Nymph Experiment

Mayfly Polychenille Body

Grey Caddis

Snowshoe Rabbit Emerger

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