bowmike 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2017 Thread: Danville 140 denier Dark Brown Hook: Daiichi 2xl nymph hook size 10 Bead: 2.8mm Tungsten in copper Tail: Merriams turkey (secondary tail fan feather) body: Merriams turkey (secondary tail fan feather) ribbing: copper wire size brassie (use small for smaller nymphs) thorax: coyote fur (I pinch from around the ear area) soft hackle: Ruffed grouse (I use breast feathers) (this was from a female grouse) I had great success on Fathers day, and this morning on this pattern both in the large, and small varieties. THis mornings outing I caught one of each trout (brown, brook trout, rainbow, and golden rainbow) that you can catch in PA. I did not get a tiger, but I wouldn't consider that part of the slam. What put the icing on the cake was the brown was wild, and the brookie was a native. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverCreek 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2017 I suspect that there were March Browns hatching. Size and pattern would match the hatch. https://donbastianwetflies.com/2014/01/31/emerging-march-brown-soft-hackle-flymph/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eastern fly 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2017 That looks like it work for a Sulphur pattern. I like it. Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feathers5 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2017 Both nice ties. I bet they will work all year long in some smaller sizes--what do ya' think? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spiralspey 0 Report post Posted June 20, 2017 I'm not surprised your local trout liked those softies, they look tasty. I like those Grouse feathers, they make a beautiful hackle. I also like the light colored thorax of coyote, it could easily represent the lighter color of an adult mayfly as it starts to emerge from it's skin. I don't know if that's what the trout think when they see it, but that's what I think when I see it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2017 Looks like a bead fly . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryon Anderson 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2017 Nice! I love soft hackles. That looks like it would catch trout all year long in various sizes. Great pattern; thanks for sharing the recipe and clear photos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feathers5 0 Report post Posted June 21, 2017 What do you think would be a good color substitute for the coyote mask? I was thinking maybe red fox tail underfur? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowmike 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2017 Honestly it's such a suggestive pattern that you can really use anything. I liked the orange as it was noted earlier kind of looks like the mayfly coming out. But I've tied a few in the last couple days using pheasant tail for the tail, French tinsle rib, then just dubbing to about 1/8 or 3/16" from the bead. Ribbed the dubbing then slapped some hackle on and they still caught fish. I was kind of going for a March brown with this one but had a better thought for that that I didn't get to put on the vise yet. But grey squirrel fur, pine squirrel, anything "buggy" dubbing should slam them. All I know is I'm addicted to the darn things. Lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowmike 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2017 A couple other variations. I guess how I tie these doesn't really follow proportions or tying practice "standards" but boy do they work. LOL I had to try a pink one. very simple pattern with thousands of possibilities. These were fish from this morning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowmike 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2017 forgot these. Always a bonus picking up a wild brown. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notenuftoys 0 Report post Posted June 22, 2017 Are you dead drifting these, or swinging them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowmike 0 Report post Posted June 23, 2017 Most of my takes have been dead drifts. I will lift at the end of the drift but 90% of my success has been on dead drifts, however I am a nymph fisherman, and pretty much all I have ever been. I am not really a swinger but plan on getting into that but these have 3.8mm tungsten bead heads on them, so I don't think they will swing well unless you lift at the same time? Not well versed in swinging wet flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thursthouse 0 Report post Posted June 23, 2017 "I am not really a swinger but plan on getting into that" The old keys in the fish bowl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bowmike 0 Report post Posted June 29, 2017 LOL classic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites