Hook: TMC 100BL #12
Thread: UNI 8/0 Red
Body: UNI Floss Red
Thorax: Peacock
Wing: Guinea Fowl
Spider flies is on of those patterns that I haven’t fished much with, but that I believe will work very well for my trout streams when summer comes, so while snow is pouring down (again…) I tie up some variations of this
Hook: TMC 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: UNI Floss Red, UTC Ultra Wire, Krystal Flash
Thorax: Peacock herl
This time a red variation of the white midge from yesterday: red floss and red flash will make this one stand out
Gold & Blue variations:
The family with red & white midges gathered:
Hook: TMC 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: polishquills stripped peacock orange, Krystal Flash
Thorax: Peacock herl
A peacock midge rocking some flash over the body and the thorax. A very simple pattern to tie up that should attract the trout, the only thing I could add to this is a layer of bug bond on the body.
Hook: TMC 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Tail: Sparkle Organza Dun
Body: Polishquills Stripped Peacock Orange
Thorax: Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive
Wing: Hareline Premium Deer Natural Brown, 2x CDC Dark Olive
I keep experimenting with the stripped peacock from polishquills and for a up-right emerger I would normally do either CDC or deer for the wing, but for this one I combine the two with a supporting layer of deer behind the CDC to see how it will behave. The sparkle organza tail will serve as a good attractor. This should sit nice and low in the water and for a slow-flowing river this will be a sure bet next summer.
From behind: the deer should help support the fly in a upright position
A bit dark, but a shot from the front:
The profile from underneath: the Hare’s Ear dubbing with the added bling will behave very good
Hook: TMC 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Yellow
Body: Hareline Hare-Tron Pale Yellow
Wing: Hareline Premo Deer Hair
A couple of emergers that will sit low and stand straight up and down in the water. Easy to tie up and with a bit of flotant these will stay just in the right place.
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