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Tying Tuesday: Top to Bottom

On this week’s Tying Tuesday, we’ve received patterns from every of the primary classes—dry fly, nymph, and streamer. We kick issues off with a historic sample created by Don Martinez, who ran a a seasonal fly store in West Yellowstone, Montana throughout the summers of 1932-1943. Utilizing a sample from Mike Valla’s The Founding Flies, Andy’s Flies reveals us find out how to tie a sample that will look odd to in the present day’s anglers, however it nonetheless works. Subsequent up, Hogan Brown from Loon demonstrates find out how to create a cool jig model of a mayfly nymph, one that ought to come in useful as tiny blue-winged olive hatches start across the nation. Lastly, Kyle from AvidMax walks us by way of the steps to create Egan’s Poacher, a slinky jig model of a sculpin.


Golden Quail
Hook: Advantageous-wire dry-fly hook, sizes 12 and 14.
Thread: Tan, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Tail: Golden pheasant crescent.
Physique: Orange chenille (one flip).
Wings: Quail breast feathers.
Hackle: Grizzly.
Head: Tying thread.
Adhesive: Head cement.

Jigged Lil Amigo
Hook: Mini jig hook (right here an Ahrex 555), sizes 16-20.
Bead: Hareline Insta Jig Tungsten Head, 5/64-inch.
Thread: Olive, 8/0 or 70-denier.
Tail: Medium Speckled Coq de Leon.
Rib: Black wire, additional small.
Stomach: Darkish olive turkey biot.
Flash #1: Flashabou or Krystal Flash.
Wing case: Turkey tail.
Thorax: Olive FrankenDub or Antron dubbing.
Flash #2: One strand of Midge Flash.
Legs: Pheasant tail fibers.
Collar: Tying thread.
Adhesive: Thick UV resin.


Egan’s Poacher
Hook: 60-degree jig hook (right here an Umpqua XC 400BL-BN5X 60), measurement 10.
Bead: Slotted tungsten bead, 4.6mm.
Weight: Lead-free spherical wire, .025.
Thread: Olive Nano Silk, 100-denier.
Tail: Pine squirrel zonker.
Underbody: Tying thread.
Flash: Mom of Pearl Ripple Ice Dub.
Physique: Darkish olive brown Arizona Simi Seal Mega Dub.
Collar #1: Olive Indian hen again, trimmed on the underside.
Collar #2: Darkish olive brown Arizona Simi Seal Mega Dub.
Instruments: Dubbing brush.

 

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