Lucian.Vasies 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2019 Hi guys. Here are my favorite baetis nymphs tied with tungsten beads. I like them because are very east to tie, effective, easy to find material and super fast to make them ( if your materials are ready prepared each fly will take 3min maximum ) Lot of tiers, these days tie complicate flies, I do not know, probably too much time to spend Simple flies and effective too are too often forgotten. Anyway here are my baetis, I prefer to tie in size #14,16 and 18. Each color and size has a row with 20positions in my fly box. I really love them because they catch fish all the time, from late Spring till late Autumn. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2019 Nice. Are all of your nymphs bead heads? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted January 18, 2019 Very nice flies. Rick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucian.Vasies 0 Report post Posted January 19, 2019 Hi Darell and Rick, thanks . @Darell -Of course that I have and I tie flies without beads: baetis type: Bugs, GRHE and PT here are just a few TL Lucian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Abel M. 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2019 All of your ties are very clean n your photography is excellent! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjm 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2019 I love simple flies and these are excellent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted January 21, 2019 Okay, my bodies are smooth and tapered until you magnify them and look closely. How are you tying them so smooth and precisely tapered? Are you tying under a magnifier? Are you tying them super slowly and meticously? They are really really nice ties. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucian.Vasies 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2019 My eyes are still ok no need to use magnifier. But I think that I will start using glasses from this Spring ( difficult to make cdc duns on size #18-22 ). To obtain fine and tapered bodies I tie a lot the same fly until the result is good and the flies look the same. probably the most important thing is the thread, I use very thin thread: 70den flat is the best for me. I spend around 3-6 min on a fly. For example, on the gammarus I spend around 6-8min because I have to catch in a dubbing loop the dubbing and CDC fibers. I prepare the CDC and dubbing for that body each time and is time consuming For a baetis nymph I spend 3 min for tying. I usually tie 10, one after one and I prepare the materials before starting tying process. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites