Tying Tuesday: Surface, Film, and O...

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This week’s Tying Tuesday is a water-column grasp class: 4 patterns that collectively cowl each feeding lane from the floor movie to open water, providing you with a whole toolkit as hatches start to fireplace and predatory fish begin pushing into the shallows.

We begin on the prime with the Dyret, a buoyant Norwegian attractor tied with yearling deer hair that rides excessive in quick water and attracts aggressive strikes when the fish are wanting up. Just under the floor, René Harrop’s CDC Spent Midge handles the demanding finish of the spectrum—a fragile, minimalist sample tied on midge hooks that nails selective trout throughout technical spinner and spent-midge falls on tailwaters and spring creeks. Bridging the hole between floor and mid-column is the Bow Tie Raccoon, an emerger constructed round raccoon underfur dubbing and a particular poly yarn wing that mimics a struggling insect midway via its escape from the shuck. And for tyers able to go large, the Andino Trout Deceiver brings a basic saltwater silhouette to freshwater—hollow-tied bucktail, grizzly saddle hackles, and layered Laser Dub create a predatory profile that strikes severe water and turns heads on giant trout and bass alike.

Dyret
Hook: Ahrex FW500 Dry Fly Hook, sizes 10-14
Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0, brown
Tail/Wing: Yearling deer hair, pure
Physique: Hare’s ear or squirrel dubbing, pure brown
Hackle: Brown rooster cape

Harrop’s CDC Spent Midge
Hook: Tiemco 101 or 2487, sizes 18-24
Thread: Uni-Thread 12/0 or 8/0, olive or black
Tail/Shuck: Zelon, amber or olive
Physique: Stripped peacock quill or high quality thread
Wing: Pure dun CDC feathers (2)
Thorax: Positive dry fly dubbing, to match physique

Bow Tie Raccoon
Hook: Scud or emerger hook (e.g., Daiichi 1130), sizes 16-20
Thread: Black 8/0 or 70 denier
Trailing Shuck: Amber Zelon or Antron yarn
Physique: Raccoon underfur dubbing
Wing: White polypropylene yarn
Thorax: Peacock herl

Andino Trout Deceiver
Hook: Ahrex PR320, measurement 1/0
Thread: Veevus 140 Energy Thread, olive
Tail: Choose bucktail, white
Flash: Flashabou, pearl
Hackle: Grizzly saddle hackle, pure
Physique/Head: Senyo’s Laser Dub, cream and olive
Accent: Peacock herl
Eyes: 6mm Dwelling Eyes, ice
End: Loon UV Clear End