Go to fly

[ibian 0]

Some people just have that one fly that always seems to work when nothing else is working. Anyone care to share there favorite go to pattern?

 

I don't have enough experence yet with flies but have been told that "The Usual" by Fran Betters is a craker jack go to fly.

 

MATERIALS

 

Hook: Partridge SLD

Thread: Fire Orange 6/0

Wing: Snowshoe Hare fur from toe of foot.

Tail: Same as wing

Body: Snowshoe Hare fur from heel of foot

 

Pictures can be found at Visit The Website

[smallieFanatic 0]

Gold ribbed hairs ear. A great pattern that probably everone knows, but heres the recipe anyways:

 

Thread: Brown or tan

Tail: hairs fur or patridge

Body: natural hairs dubbing

Rib: gold wire

Thorax: natural hairs dubbing

Wingcasing: mottled turkey

[smallieFanatic 0]

OK sorry for the double post

[smallieFanatic 0]

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[Brian Brown75 0]

Go click crazy jan?

My got tos have to be a black or brown wooly bugger, and size 22 elk hair caddis

[iso18 0]

when all else fails...............WOOLY BUGGER BABY olive and black...

And in the summer and fall..A foam ant with bills leg and antennae material or a foam beetle.

my 2 cents

always seem to work for me when nothin else will work

shane

[DrVette 0]

I always find my-self turning to the Renegade and variations of it. My favorite is the dead chicken;

one grizzly hackle tied at hook bend, some peacock herl for a body and another grizzly hackle tied at head. Sizes 12-18 seem to produce every-where. You can play with colored grizzly also.

[dafunk5446 0]

Olive bunny leach.

[R.Morring 0]

I always find my-self turning to the Renegade and variations of it. My favorite is the dead chicken;

one grizzly hackle tied at hook bend, some peacock herl for a body and another grizzly hackle tied at head. Sizes 12-18 seem to produce every-where. You can play with colored grizzly also.

 

Do you have a pic. of the "dead chicken"? I would love to see a pic. of one .........I have never seen that fly before.

[smallieFanatic 0]

Go click crazy jan?

 

Nope Brian the computer was acting up. Happens to everybody.

Sorry for the extra posts, was not on purpose.

[Philly 0]

There's three patterns that I use most frequently for various scenarios

 

Mayflies/caddis on the water

 

1. CDC and Elk

 

2. Snowshoe Emerger

 

3. The Usual

 

Rising fish but nothing visible. Two of my own midge patterns

 

1. Wissahickon Midge

http://www.danica.com/flytier/jcaruso/wissahickon_midge.htm

 

2. Ridley Creek Fuzzball

 

3. The Usual, size 20 and 22

 

Nymphing

1. Beadhead soft hackle PT Nymph

 

2. Beadhead soft hackle Hare's Ear

 

3. Beadhead Green Weenie

 

All size 18 or smaller.

 

Pictures

1st. My version of the Usual

 

2nd. Snowshoe Emerger

 

3rd. Scan of Ridley Creek Fuzzball

[jimmyboy 0]

Hares ear nymph size 10-16 or wolly bugger black or brownish green size 2-8

[Futzer 0]

Size 16 softhackle phesant tail nymph, Futzer.

[maddog48 0]

Zebra midge in any of the color combos I've been experimenting with. Hot combos lately have been a wine thread with copper wire and copper T-bead, purple wire with same bead and wire and then olive thread with the same bead and wire. The secret .. a coating of Loc-Tite super glue. Adds a nice sheen to the pattern when wet.

 

 

Mike

[mason20 0]

Size 16 brown nymph