[email protected] 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2023 I am a rank beginner (<2 weeks), but I tied a fly today that caught fish! Formula is: 12 hook Bead head of your choice .020 lead free wire - 10ish wraps Tan/yellow 140 thread wrapped to cover wire and shape White dish rag yarn wrapped tiiiight That’s about it - inspired by Utah Killer Bug Caught 5 fish in 2 hours on the Ogden River in UT during snowfall Meant to be a point fly on a euro/tight line rig. Tentatively calling it SnowDot Original and a variant I tied tonight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2023 Don’t fix what ain’t broke as the saying goes. Nice job on the tying and catching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2023 Looks good. White is often an overlooked color for "nymphs". I've always had good success with a small size 16/18 white woolly bugger. Experiment with it. Try tying it on a longer shank hook. See if they might like a different color, olive, brown, tan, black, maybe even chartreuse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[email protected] 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2023 Thanks for the input! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2023 Good job. I think my wife has some of that yarn. Going to try it. There used to be a guy in Fly tyer magazine who looked for non-fly shop stuff to tie with. Fun stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[email protected] 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2023 37 minutes ago, DarrellP said: Good job. I think my wife has some of that yarn. Going to try it. There used to be a guy in Fly tyer magazine who looked for non-fly shop stuff to tie with. Fun stuff. Thanks - yeah - I just ordered the variety pack :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redband02 0 Report post Posted January 11, 2023 I tie and use "killer bugs" quite a lot. Sawyers killer bugs, Utah killer bugs, home made killer bugs like your Keep up the experimenting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
utyer 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2023 That yarn is sold by many craft stores, and its used to make Pot Scrubbers. I tie a similar pattern for Shad fishing down here in FL, and they work well. I would say that most of my own patterns began as experiments. Keep on experimenting, I have for more than 55 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[email protected] 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2023 Thanks y’all!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted January 12, 2023 Careful some of that stuff is kinda stiff but works on larger flies... Can color it with Sharpies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
[email protected] 0 Report post Posted January 12, 2023 3 hours ago, denduke said: Careful some of that stuff is kinda stiff but works on larger flies... Can color it with Sharpies Wow! Nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
