This bright woolly bugger was the ticket this past week to land several wild trout in these high flows on the Tuolumne River. Add a couple split shot and with this fly also having a tungsten bead head and wrapped with lead core I was able to get it deep enough in some of the eddies to capture a few nice trout. One I hooked on the tail, but successfully was able to catch and release more that day. The orange color closely resembles the stones that are hatching right now too. Tight Lines! PM
My fly tying station can get a little bit messy. However, it still works fine for me! Tight lines! PM
This year’s Fly Fishing Show at the Alameda County Fair Grounds is coming fast! February 26, 27 & 28, 2010! You won’t want to miss it! With the price of admission one can win Door prizes, get the low-down on local hot spots and worldwide dream destinations, meet world renown fly fisherman and tyers, see casting demonstrations and much much more! maybe you’ll even get a chance to meeet me! Ha! If your lucky of course ;0) Hope to see ya there! PM
I’m sending my nephew Bubba some fly tying materials to take with him to Afghanistan. I feel blessed to be able and help him. Heck, anything to get a little break from the war must be nice! Going in the care package are assorted deer hairs, buckskin, polar fibers, Flash, pearl flash, hooks, Peacock herl, pheasant tails, assorted colors of foam, round rubber for legs, Hen feathers, dyed hen, Turkey feathers, Dubbing, assorted marabou, assorted saddle hackles, mallard flank, and some fly fishing mags and tying instructions. This should hold him over for a while! He already owns the basic tools and vise. Please pray for our military and catch a few fish over there too Bubba! Pictures to come later! PM
I’ve been tying these orange humpy patterns for the beginning of the season. They have been my most productive dry in the initial stages of the season. Used African grey feathers for the orange colors, orange thread and yellow superfine dubbing underneath with reddish brown mini hackle. #18 hook. Tight lines! PM
This tailed caddis tied with deer hair produced the most fish this past year and deserves this year’s Fly of the Year award! An all round dry fly favorite for it’s natural colors and high float-ability.
Recipe: Tie in a generous mount of deer hair for tail (almost like a humpy pattern), next tie in a piece of this copper wire and two reddish brown hackles. Wind hackle back to thorax and wire palmered over that. Tie another generous portion of none stacked deer hair for wing. Whip finish. Done!
I think you will find this classic dry fly a favorite of yours after you try it on most streams in our beloved Sierra Nevada! Tight Lines and Happy New Year’s friends and family! PM
Working on a new type of bugger here. This big fan in the tail has bright gold colors and is split in two. There’s actually another fan just like it on the opposite side so looking down it looks like moth or butterfly wing’s. I used the tan chenile to split the wing tail and a double dose of dyed grizzley hackle wrapped back and then forward. Also used gold tinsel to match the heavy gold tungsten bead head and 30 wraps of lead core to get down deep fast.
Yop never know how these flies will work until you get out and test them. I’ve tied some prtty unusual fly patterns with mixed results. Another time I tied a big fan like this in the tail and caught a huge small mouth bass! Whatever happens I’m sure it will be fun to use and exciting to see what it produces! Tight Lines! PM
This is a Goddard caddis tied a little differently. Usually the deer and elk hair are spun together giving a mottled appearance for the wing. I instead spun the elk hair and then placed the deer hair on top and cinched down when I put the hackle on trimming afterward into the shape of the wing. Also added some superfine yellow dubbing with a small amount of olive sparkle dubbing on the body for extra light reflection. Tight lines! PM
I’m tying flies for the fall fly fishing season lately. here’s my version of a ’stimulator’. It works as an attractor pattern for the oct. caddis fly hatch that occurs on the Stan and Tuolumne rivers where I mostly fish. Also, a good BWO hatch is coming so I expect to tie some of those as well.
I tie this stimulator by tying in a thick deer hair tail on a #12 hook. Next I tie in a long yellow grizzly hackle and dub with sparkle brown dubbing. Wind dubbing forward towards thorax and palmer hackle leaving the excess hackle dangling. I then tie in another clump of deer hair for the wing and add more dubbing. wind dubbing back to towards head followed by the excess hackle and snip excess. Finish head with the orange thread. whip finish, cement. Done. This will make a big fat meal for a hungry fall trout! Tight Lines! PM
