After spending some time on the water the last few weeks, now is the time to get moving and make sure you have those patterns you rely on. Right now, it's BWO time. You have to make sure you have the lifecycle of this bug, from nymph to emerge to dun. I've had a couple days with fish looking and feeding on duns on the Arkansas River. They were also feeding well on nymphs and emergers too, so don't ignore that stage of the lifecycle. I've attached a video of the CDC Sparkle Dun. It's a go to pattern for me on top and it's an easy fly to tie. I used a TMC 2488 hook on this video, but you can certainly use a standard TMC 100 or 101 hook. Get out and have fun!
CDC Sparkle Dun from Juan Ramirez-Hopper Juan on Vimeo.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
The Slim Shady Baetis V3.0
Version 3.0. This is not the V5.0
I've been messing around with this pattern for a while now. You may remember it as Juan's Baetis, or the 719 Baetis. I really didn't have a good name for it, but it fished well. It's a fairly easy pattern to tie as there are only a few materials. I like to fish this early and late in the year when more baetis nymphs are in the current. If you tie this in a larger size, say size 14-16, it can pass as a small stonefly. Just change the colors to match what you need it to look like.
I'll be tying these in Denver this weekend, so stop by and I'll show you how to tie them.
I've been messing around with this pattern for a while now. You may remember it as Juan's Baetis, or the 719 Baetis. I really didn't have a good name for it, but it fished well. It's a fairly easy pattern to tie as there are only a few materials. I like to fish this early and late in the year when more baetis nymphs are in the current. If you tie this in a larger size, say size 14-16, it can pass as a small stonefly. Just change the colors to match what you need it to look like.
I'll be tying these in Denver this weekend, so stop by and I'll show you how to tie them.
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| The Family |
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| Holographic Black |
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| Holographic Bronze |
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| Holographic Red |
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| Holographic Purple |
Slim Shady Baetis V 3.0
Cream, Holo. Fuchsia, Bronze, Holo. Purple
Hook: MFC 7002 #18-22
Thread: MFC 8/0 Cream, Black, Red & Brown
Body: MFC 8/0, Cream Thread. MFC Holographic High
Voltage Holo. Black, Holo. Red, Bronze and Holo. Purple
Rib: Hareline Ice Thread, Brown or Black
Wingcase/Legs: Spirit River Fluoro Fibre, Brown or Black. 12 strands split on both sides for legs.
Tail: Hareline India Hen Back, Natural Brown, well mottled. Back hen for Holo. Fuchsia or Pheasant Tail.
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