Tying Tuesday: Simple Winter Patterns

This week’s Tying Tuesday options 4 easy patterns for catching trout or bonefish this winter. We kick issues off with a coll upside-down Baetis jig sample from Travis at Bearded Trout’s Flies. I’m undecided why he known as it a “balanced” fly, because it’s a fundamental jig nymph, however it is going to certainly draw strikes from trout holding close to the underside. Subsequent up is a cool blue streamer from Savage Flies, which must be efficient stripped slowly or dead-drifted. Tim Flagler serves up a double-egg fly which you could tie in underneath a minute, in the event you’ve ready your supplies and instruments. Lastly, Collin Morrill of Strike-Zone Fly Fishing demonstrates a shrimp sample that appears far more difficult than it’s.


Balanced Baetis Nymph
Hook: Normal jig hook, sizes 10-18.
Bead: Gold slotted tungsten bead, dimension to match hook (7/64-inch right here).
Thread: Brown, 6/0.
Rib: Copper brown, small.
Physique: Callibaetis UV dubbing.
Wingcase: Pheasant tail fibers.
Thorax: Callibaetis UV dubbing and darker coloration, blended.
Adhesive: UV-cure resin.

Blue Leatherneck
Hook: 3X-long streamer hook, sizes 6-10.
Thread: Black, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Body: Silver wire, medium.
Wing/tail: Blue Zonker strip.
Throat: White marabou ideas.
Head: Tying thread.
Adhesive: UV-cure resin.

Two Eggs Over Simple
Hook: Scud/emerger hook (right here a Lightning Strike SE3), dimension 14.
Thread : Fluorescent hearth orange, 6/0 or 140-denier.
Egg: Gentle Yellow McFly Foam.
Yolk/blood dot: Darkish orange McFly Foam.
Adhesive: Superglue (right here Fly Tyers Z-Ment).

Clint Kemp’s Magic Fly
Hook: 3X-heavy salmon/steelhead hook (right here a Gamakatsu L11s-3H), dimension 6.
Thread: Tan, 3/0.
Eyes: Black bead-chain eyes, massive.
Tail: Bonefish Tan Krystal Flash.
Physique: Tan Polar Chenille.
Legs: Speckles tan/brown Centipede Legs, medium.
Head: Tying thread.
Adhesive: Head cement (right here Arduous as Hull Penetrator).