Stippled Popper 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 I won a tub of used and unused poppers and wet flies at my fly fishing clubs latest conclave. Among the wet flies were these two woven flies. I am most interested in the green and yellow one. My questions are do any of you recognize these bugs and know their names? Thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 nope sure don’t. Never seen them before. I am by no way or measure an expert on fly tiers and their patterns. In fact I’m a dumb ass who spends zero time studying fly tiers, their writings, their flies or fly tying history. With that said, my guess is somebody simply sat down and just started tying stuff to a hook to imitate a stone fly. I’m sure somebody will have a better answer than that but that’s all I got. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 Funky. Like @Poopdeck says, the yellow is most likely a stonefly pattern. The green one - water boatman pattern? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 the top one could be a woven caddis larva similar to this photo except with biot legs or even a woven dragonfly/damselfly nymph The bottom one looks to be a hank roberts woven nymph Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcozzz 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 Those are pretty elaborate woven flies.There used to be a local woman who used a crochet hook to tie some very interesting nymphs she sold to the couple local fly shops when they were still open.I never knew whether anyone fished them or collected them.There were never any available for sale as they were all spoken for. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 If they were originally from Norway, I'd guess that they were the work of Torril Kolbu. She is known for her woven patterns. Kim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2022 Now I know why I don't do woven flies. Mine would look like the originals. I wonder if the fat one is supposed to a dragonfly nymph. If weren't for the color the second one a hellgrammite? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SalarMan 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2022 Where I come from in PA this was known as a Dick Wood nymph, and I remember seeing them for some 50+ years. Tied with either floss or wool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stippled Popper 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2022 6 hours ago, flytire said: the top one could be a woven caddis larva similar to this photo except with biot legs or even a woven dragonfly/damselfly nymph The bottom one looks to be a hank roberts woven nymph The bottom one . . . wow! thanks for the image. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2022 Those are great looking flies, @Stippled Popper, The white and yellow one on the bottom looks like a Hexagenia limbata burrowing mayfly nymph In Schweibert's Nymphs he describes a pale yellow burrowing mayfly he names the Great Pale Yellow Drake, hexagenia marlicanda, with heavy populations in southern Pennsylvania and Maryland, but I saw a reference stating that mayfly is now subsumed in the limbata species. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2022 Hank Roberts woven body nymph - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying (flytyingforum.com) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2022 i think the top one is a dragonfly nymph similar to the one above maybe its not finished yet or baileys mossback lower right hand corner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcozzz 0 Report post Posted April 13, 2022 F-T is that your dragon nymph?I thought it was real.I have I nave several shells i find on shoreline weeds every year.] that look just like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites