Tying Tuesday: Variety is the Spice of Life

This week’s Tying Tuesday brings collectively 4 patterns that couldn’t be extra totally different from each other—proof that a little bit selection on the bench can maintain issues fascinating when the water isn’t cooperating.

We’re beginning small with a Perdigon—a competition-style nymph that’s as clear and exact as they arrive—and a Biot Midge Emerger from Charlie Craven that’s been quietly fooling trout within the movie for years. From there, we soar to the Hotheaded Leech, a stillwater sleeper that completely hammers brook trout in backwoods ponds. And to spherical issues out, Morten Valeur of Ahrex Hooks walks by means of his RAW CF Baitfish, a big-profile streamer constructed to remain mild and castable whereas focusing on predatory trout in Scandinavian rivers.

4 flies, 4 moods. Seize your vise and tie alongside.

Perdigon
Hook: Ahrex FW555, measurement 18
Bead: Saluda Beads (to match hook measurement)
Thread: TheFlySmith 6/0 Conventional in Watery Olive and Cherry
Tail: Coq de Leon (CDL) Flash: Small flash (for fuel bubble)
Resin: UV Craft Fly Tying Resin

Biot Midge Emerger
Hook: TMC 101, measurement 18
Thread: 14/0 Veevus in Black
Physique: Black goose or turkey biot
Thorax: Black dubbing (tremendous wonderful, beaver, hare’s masks, or rabbit)
Hackle: Blue hen cape feather
Adhesive: Zap-A-Hole

Hotheaded Leech
Hook: Normal moist fly hook, measurement 10
Bead: Metallic crimson plummeting tungsten
Thread: UTC 70, black
Tail: Black marabou (tied barely longer than a normal Woolly Bugger tail)
Flash: Crimson flash
Rib: Further small silver wire
Physique: Arizona Semi Seal dubbing (black/crimson), utilized in a dubbing loop
Hackle: Black saddle hackle (sparse wraps)

RAW CF Baitfish
Hook: Ahrex TP610 Trout Predator, #1/0 or #1
Weight: Professional Sportfisher Uncooked Weight, #M or #S
Thread: White Bennechi 8/0
Tail: White and grey Craft Fur
Physique: White Craft Fur and Angel Hair HD Holographic Silver
Head/Again: Again: Grey Craft Fur — Head: White Craft Fur
Eyes: Professional Sportfisher Cool Eyes, 8mm or 6mm, Silver