Adult Crane Fly Pattern?

[Hatchet Jack 0]

Aka, "Daddy Long Legs".

 

I did a search here and came up short - anyone have a pattern recipe and/or finished

crane flies to post up? Got caught short last year around this time and I don't want to

end up there again. These flies are crazy, all legs and wings, something the Wright

Bros. would have laughed out of Kitty Hawk.

[FlaFly 0]

I google-imaged Crane Fly Fishing Fly and got lots of them. Not all are patterns... most just pix, or flies for sale.

[flytire 0]

adult crane fly patterns

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=adult+crane+fly+patterns&biw=1600&bih=775&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjFqYu69NnMAhWGWT4KHYbiCU8Q_AUIBigB

 

i dont tie them but theres a bunch in the link above

[SilverCreek 0]

I've fished the Big Lost River near Mackay, Idaho with the Mackay Special Fly. It was a very, very effective imitation of the adult crane fly tied with the Pott weave using horse mane hair.

https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&q=mackay+special+fly

https://books.google.com/books?id=knIemERB49kC&pg=PA88&lpg=PA88&dq=mackay+special+fly+pattern&source=bl&ots=a40F2fBcK7&sig=epNjq6eFQlT-iAuptzc3TTWS_SE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-q4fG9NnMAhXM44MKHRvdBqEQ6AEIRzAL#v=onepage&q=mackay%20special%20fly%20pattern&f=false

You can also try the more modern and easier Brun's Tipula in my post in the thread below:

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?42682-Adult-Crane-Fly

[Jaydub 0]

I use a variation of this one: http://www.west-fly-fishing.com/fly-pattern-recipe/dry/deerhairdaddy.shtml

 

Also Davie McPhail has several patterns on Youtube .

[Piker20 0]

Yep check Davies vids. Also check out his international hopper. Hoppers will cover most situations where cranes are out if you tie a range of sizes.

I've tied the foam bodied flies but found in larger sizes the fish don't bite initially but try to drown. Very visual but not helpful to hookups.

[JoeBillingsley 0]

A.K. Best uses nothing but a size 18 or 20 dry fly hook, dry fly dubbing, and size 2 white hackle. Very simple and it works.

Here is an explanation of it from one of his books and also includes Roy Palm's version:

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=K_sqg0rHCXcC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=ak+best+crane+fly&source=bl&ots=ncDaByk7Mv&sig=PPomodT5_aFHHbIbfy9h9eZgPnY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs8v7DktrMAhVG6GMKHfe9BtIQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=ak%20best%20crane%20fly&f=false

 

Joe

[Fly Fishing Russia 0]

Some of the Daddy-Long-Legs flies I am using

[Fly Fishing Russia 0]

Some of the Daddy-Long-Legs flies I am using

 

 

 

[Crackaig 0]

I never have understood why detached body flies are tied on long shank hooks. They end up with the fly being tied only on the front 1/3 rd of the hook, with bare steel hanging out the back. If you use a shorter hook you can use one of heavier gauge wire, and still have less steel trying to make the fly sink. That is better for playing fish than a light wire long shank. Or am I missing something?

 

Cheers,

C.

[mikechell 0]

I never have understood why detached body flies are tied on long shank hooks.

Cheers,

C.

Main reason I can think of is, it's the hooks we have on hand. A lot of us don't have a small shop's worth of tying materials, hooks and what-not, stored in our houses.

 

I could be wrong.

[retrocarp 0]

https://youtu.be/g2oHlZckcc0

[retrocarp 0]

I just tied these up and I think they will kind of give the profile of a Crane fly ...tied on a size #14 B175 Kamasan hook

Deer hair extended tail , Grizzly hackle size to suit fly , Wing is made from Guinea fowl feathers ( i think as the label has gone awol) lol

Retro

[milkman 0]

Whew! I had to see what kind of fish y'all were seeking where you would use a fly representing an adult crane. I have this rule, I don't hunt anything that hunts back, and I was imagining a fish big enough to swallow an adult crane. What a relief to find it's only my ignorance of something apparently called a crane fly.

[retrocarp 0]

Lmao