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This hatch is pretty widespread and varied, so I carry and use quite a few patterns. My favorites are:
Harrop's Hairwing Dun for fishing on top. It rides high enough to be more easily visible, works most of the time, and is easily customized on stream when needed.
Ross Mueller's Fuzzball Emerger. Basically a snowshoe hare wing emerger.
Skinny Nelson nymph. I probably catch more fish on this during BWO hatchs than any other fly. I skip the bead and use Peacock Black Ice Dub for the thorax.
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This is my 1st choice when the Olives go below a #16. The Olive Badger. A simple pattern, wingless, with a thread body.
Attachment 10898
Hook: #18 Mustad 98840
Thread: Olive Dun 8/0 Uni
Tail: Medium Pardo CDL
Abdomen: Tying Thread
Thorax: Olive Spectrablend
Hackle: Silver Badger V-notched
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Speaking of CDL ...
... you were speaking of CDL, weren't you, Ralph ??
Follow the link to a simple and productive BWO parachute.
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...041309fotw.php
I used to fish BWO hatches fairly often. Up here and where I fish now, not so much. :sad:
My other old standard for a BWO hatch was a soft hackled pheasant tail nymph - tied like a PTN sans the wing case and legs substituting a sparsely wrapped brown hen soft hackle for an "in the round" look.
John
P.S. Ralph - I'm thinking I might combine my CDL approach with your "thorax" style hackling and try fishing it wherever.
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John, I like that technique for the abdomen. It would make for a very simple pattern, and the medium to dark pardo would give the right shade I am thinking? I may have to try that as well.....We can compare notes. :)
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NJTroutbum,
I like the fly and the picture. I found the reflection interesting.
My own favorite has been a variant (wingless) tied with a body of DMC wool (not cotton!) floss. I use light to medium blue dun for the tail and hackle.
The wool floss is vastly more durable than DMC cotton floss. It's also a lot harder to find.
If you can find Kreinick (sp?), DMC has some metallics that might be useful.
Ed
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Time to celebrate!
Was tying this fly this morning and was thinking of how lucky we are to have the hackle available to us today. I bought this hackle as a $56 saddle. Nearly all the hackle is smaller than #14!!!
I think it is incredible how nice the hackle is today and what a bargain for us!!
PS: There is a V clipped on the bottom of the fly's hackle.
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMG_3425.jpg
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This is a better pic of the BWO CDL parachute than shown in the FOTW article.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...9_edited-1.jpg
And one from the same week fishing the soft hackle pheasant tail.
http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...011_edited.jpg
I do miss that little tailwater in the Central Mountains of Idaho.
John
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Beautiful pictures. Beautiful fish John.
Here's an 18 Loop Wing I just tied. I used a "noodle" of ice dub for the loop.
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...h/IMG_3426.jpg
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Its amazing how much better a fly looks in the mouth of a fish. :)
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So right! So right!!
I intend to have such a photo late next week for you..............
not a BWO, but similar photo from earlier this summer
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...G-Version2.jpg