Saturday, August 17, 2019

Brown Bugs

That simplicity thing...a hook with some brown thread and some peacock along with a feather. About as effective a fly for me in the last week or so on the Farmington. I'm not a hatch specialist and could not tell you what this emerger represents and frankly I don't really care. What I do know is that it works. The two patterns here are tied on curved hooks Sakasa Kebari style but I have a feeling they would be just as effective on a standard hook. The first fly has a wing from a grouse.



This fly uses a thorax of opossum and a feather from a hen pheasant.


This pattern is a variation of the Pheasant Tail-Partridge. 




Yvon Chouinard the founder of Patagonia and simplistic fly fisher and fly tyer  shows his way of tying the Pheasant Tail-Partridge.






8 comments:

  1. Hey Alan. Got a little Kabari going on there. Is Tenkara next?

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    1. Mark Kautz
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      Mark I fish the flies quite often using conventional fly rods. No Tenkara planned.

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  2. Simplicity can be beautiful; nicely done, Alan.

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    1. mike
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      I've always loved the simplicity of these flies. The North Country Spider is another group of flies that are tied in that same manner. Is there a fancy "grilled cheese"?

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  3. Love those flies, Alan. Great emerger patterns that will connect.

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    1. Sam,
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      Sam that little brown one with the peacock is the fly that brought several to hand the other day on the Farmy.

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  4. Tying a few up with the peacock to try on the Pecos and Mora Tuesday. Maybe they'll work in NM too.

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    1. billp
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      Bill I don't see why they would not work. Basic brown insect color with good movement and your skill with the fly rod....go get em.

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