Lucian.Vasies

Because the season just started here are a few flies tied on size #16/18/20. I had nice evenings with these flies. Body is made with tying thread in olive and dun, synthetic fibers, CDC and a little bit of squirrel dubbing. cheers, Lucian

thanks guys for sharing your stories and your experience It was a real pleasure reading

Because trout started to eat these flies here are some of the simplest emergers that I use. Easy to tie, no special skills needed cheers, Lucian

Hi guys, A few info for those who don't know about these flies. Perdigon name is coming from the Spanish word "perdigones" -means lead shot. The Spanish fishermen ( especially competitors ) invented these nymphs ( nymphs with a head made of lead shots). In Spain the river are fast and very fast flowing. Catching a trout is difficult and demanding. The fishing pressure is extremely high, they practice C&R almost in all rivers . They say that all trout from rivers know all fish from all fishing catalogs . Anyway is not simple at all to catch fish in those rivers. Nymphing is more easy to catch fish and when we talk about nymphing is lust fishing line, a long parallel leader of 5-9m and the nymph. No strike indicators like are used in USA. Nobody use those indicators, maybe a piece of colored nylon of 20cm at 2m from the first nymph to help the fishermen to locate the leader. What is so particular at these flies: - easy to tie - small -very heavy. Reasons: - catching educated fish in fast flowing rivers - smallest sizes because an educated trout will take more easy a small nymphs - very heavy to sink fast in feeding area. - easy to cast in front of the fish without making a splash ( just figure how is presented a nymph in size#10-12 with a beadhead of 3.5mm in one meter in front of the fish... ) Perdigon nymphs should have a slim body. A coated body with resin will help the fly to sink faster. Also a big bead and a slim body made of thread will help. These nymphs are kind of "pimp" flies because these nymphs work as stimulator. Another particularity is the black point on the neck/bead of the fly. Because very often these flies are tied on size #18-20 is difficult to tie a thorax and wingcased so the black point imitate it. About "frenchies", these nymphs are in range of #16-22 size. These nymphs are used for ninfe a vue means you locate the fish and cast the nymph in front of the fish, present the fly in a special way to induce the attack. The "genuine" frenchie nymphs are these bellow and are used by French fishermen located in the Alp mountains from border with Switzerland. Cheers, Lucian

Hi guys, I'm curious if these kind of flies are popular between fishermen from here I'm asking because these perdigon nymphs and variations based on these colors won the World Championship from USA a year ago. Thanks for your reply! Lucian

Tying suggestions based on my experience: the pattern tied with peacock was more effective compared with the same fly tied with black dubbing. When I asked on a different forum which will be used between them, almost all guys stopped at nymph tied with dubbing. But the same fly , same size tied with peacock was more effective. So try to tie the peacock one or tie it with black seal dubbing mixed with some synthetic peacock dubbing. cheers, Lucian

Hi Silvercreek, I use the following sizes #10 hook - catgut size M #12 hook - catgut size M #14 hook- catgut size S #16 hook - catgut size S #18 hook -catgut size XS #20 hook - catgut size XS cheers, Lucian

Now the catgut is made from collagen, more simple and hygienic Here is a bunch of them wet: cheers Lucian

Just a way of tying in a simple way a caddis nymph: Tying Recipe Hook: Maruto C46WBL #10-#16 Thread: Uni 8/0 black Under Body: pale yellow thread Body: Troutline Catgut in natural cream color Thorax: Peacock Bead – tungsten in gold Fishing tips: perfect for fishing using Czech Nymphing style and long nymphing style extremely efficient in Sumem time when sedge flies are all over the nymph looks very realistic when is wet the nymph works excellent on a dropper in a team with another one more heavy on top

Ji Piker, Thanks, I just re-tied it

2 of my favorite colors: Tying is simple. Just made the body using CDC ( this is my "touch" at this pattern ). Ribb using UV tinsel or pearl tinsel. Fix the legs made of pheasant barbs knotted , make an underwing using CDC tan or teal duck CDC ( teal duck has a beautiful dun-creamy color ), the fix a bunch of quality deer hair - dark color and the fly is ready Have fun tying Lucian

Hi guys, @C, depending the style of fishing you can adjust the size of beads. Just to give you a better perspective about nymphing: -Czech nymphing/Polish nymphing are the same. These styles are nothing else then short nymphing and only flies with leader in water, no floating line on the water. The leader is parallel and thin to let the flies sink fast. No tapered leader involved, only parallel mono or fluorocarbon. The fishing zone is very close to fishermen position. - Long nymphing - is about fishing with very long leaders, preferably of 6-9m. Fishing at long distance. The same flies are used like those used with classic czech style or polish style. - Bug style nymphing/dynamic nymphing, spanish nymphing is about playing the nymph to induce the attack. Usually nymphs tied with CDC, partidge, hackle, anything that work and pulse in water. -French nymphing is fishing with very small nymphs with or without weight in very clear water, not very deep and the the spots with slow or medium fast flowing parts. One nymph is used! The nymph is cast with normal line, with medium-long leaders( tapered leaders made by hand) with a small piece of mono colored in yellow or white at aprox 1,5m from the nymph. A heavy or very heavy nymph will not let you to cast the line and the fly with precision in front of the fish. The fly should sink 20- 40cm, this level is enough. The experts are using leaders of 6m. A normal fishermen use a leader of 3.5m. Nymphs on size #16 are considered big. Usually size #20 are used. ( Those from my finger are tied on size #20 Maruto Dohitomi D04HWW barbless hook ) The cast of nymph is made in the front of the fish so this technique is used when you see the fish or you are able to detect exactly the hunting zone of the fish. ( on youtube you can see so called peche a vue, ninfe a vue - some of them are good enough to understand the technique ) . In my opinion the French technique is the most difficult and demanding. Coating used is Classic UV resin from Troutline - is thin and goes hard and glossy. Anyway any good uv resin can be used. The UV resin protect better the body of nymph compared with a head cement. The size of this nymphs require a thin tippet. Sometimes even 0.06mm. I usually use 0.10mm and rarelly I use #0.12mm. My fish are between 20cm -50cmJust an idea, in World Championship that had place in US this year, a Czech competitors had fish over 50cm with 0.06mm fluorcarbon tippet on size #20 nymph. I hope it help these info. If somebody needs more detailed info please ask, will be a pleasure for me to share what I know thanks Lucian

No, these are French nymphs. Perdigones are Spanish nymphs. The perdigon nymph has an over sized bead and body made of thead. The French nymphs are small and very small, between #16 and 22, usually #18-20. Body made of quill, dubbing, wire, leadwire, with or without bead.

Hi guys, Because the Winter is long and all we have a lot of time for tying here are a few nymphs tied as simple as possible. We call them " Frenchie bugs/nymph" because are used a lot by French competitors with French Nymphing technique for educated fish: With these flies you cannot have a bad day cheers Lucian

Hi guys, Because the Winter is long and all we have a lot of time for tying here are a few nymphs tied as simple as possible. We call them " Frenchie bugs/nymph" because are used a lot by French competitors with French Nymphing technique for educated fish: With these flies you cannot have a bad day cheers Lucian

thanks C, will do

Hi, It is a Maruto Dohitomi D82 BL It looks a little bit strange but the hook is very nice

This is my grey duster CDC. Hope that you like it thanks Lucian

Hi, For aprox 5 years I tie and I use a lot of flies on jig hooks. I don't use on droppers, only as top flies. - more sensitive and better detection with these nymphs - less snags for sure I use Demmon, Knapek, Dohiku and Hanak jig hoks

Hi guys, When I started to tie my own flies I considered a fatty fly can be more tempting for trout ( consistent food theory ). That was more then 20years ago. And hell, I had a lot of fish on those flies. Now everything is changed on my rivers. I don't know why, probably most educated fish ( C&R is more and more a common practice ) , those old fatty flies don't work anymore. In fact if I tie the same fly but more skinny, with less hackle, the fish respond. This is happening in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Strange but in Italy where I go for fishing also, those fatty flies works fantastic and the skinny ones almost not. Do you had similar experiences ? For example the skinny red quills bellow: And a fatty light cahill: thanks

thanks Kinni very kind of you

Glad that you like it and thanks for your kind words My first variant was fancy tied with ribbing in different colors, burned head, gold tungsten bead. Now I arrived at the presented one: just a few green wraps on the hook bend , bulky enough to keep the partridge legs open, dubbing fixed simple with no ribbing and a natural colored tungsten. I prefer natural because the gold coat will fall after a few casts and a few hours of fishing between rocks from the river bank. So I don't see any reason to use gold color or any color. More than that , the natural grey is more appropriate to natural insect color and the flashy green from the "head" is enough to attract fish .

Hi guys, In Spring fishing I like to use a lot GRHE tied in different ways but also caddis nymphs. 4-5 years ago I received a peeping caddis from a friend when I went for fishing in Slovenia. I had a lot of nice fish on this fly. For that moment I tied this fly in different ways trying to obtain a better version. First I used different colored tungsten beads, with or without ribbing, with burned head or with wrapped head. My most used variant is this one bellow: Hook: barbless jig hook Bead: natural colored tungsten - more cheaper than tungsten colored beads Body: hare dubbing - natural Head: green chartreuse synthetic ribbing Legs: partridge barbs ( from back zone ) My sensation is that this fly is not popular and not used like should be. Do you use this pattern and if yes any pictures with your variants? thanks Lucian

Hi Rocky Mountain guy The blue ribbing is from the feather. A herl from macaw is colored in this way. One side of feather is blue and other is yellow. When you make the body, the main color remain yellow with a fine blue line color. The result is like you saw in photo thanks for your attention, Lucian

The recipe is simple: Daiichi D1130 #12 Tying Thread: 17/0 Uni Trico Tail: Coq de Leon ( color corzuno medio ) Body: Macaw herl Thorax: Yellow squirrel dubbing Wing: Natural grey CDC- 4 feathers Is not a F Fly. Is tied simple, in classic way of tying with CDC. No need to use floating gels or anything like these. If you catch a fish you need to wash the slime from the fly and one or 2 false cast and the fly will float like first time. A lot of guys make mistakes trying to dry the fly with the fish slime on the fly. Then adding some solution will do worst . A CDC fly is not expensive, is cheap and resistant and will catch a lot of fish. cheers, Lucian