beginners dry

what would be a good dry fly for the beginner to tie ? thank you ! keith

Two old time flies come to mind: A bi-visible and a Renegade.

Tim Anderson

Elk Hair caddis isnt a bad starter dry fly for beginners.

the wing takes some practice but isnt overly difficult to master

My firt dry was a crackle back teaches you how to keep your materials from rolling.

My first dry was also a crackleback and I'd recommend it.

Very good choice...

If a fly with wings is wanted then I would try White Wulff

Joe Fox

The easiest tying is a hackled phesent tail, good anywhere.
Brian

When someone says Dry Flies, most of us think of May Fly Patterns The largest share of Dry Fly patterns are for representing the May Fly. Most(not All) of the Standard Dry Fly patterns for May Flies use the same proportions, for the tying of the Dry Fly pattern. The only difference, is the material used, and or the color.

For a reference on Mayfly Proportions try this FAOL article that I wrote...
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/tyingtips/part176.html:9675a]Click Here![/url:9675a]

For the Adams Dry Fly try this FAOL article by Al Campbell...
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/part18.html:9675a]Click Here![/url:9675a]

You also could do the same fly as a Blue-Wing Olive using the FAOL article written by Dave Hughes...
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/082905fotw.html:9675a]Click Here![/url:9675a].

Last, but the most important of all (my opinion), since you stated that you are a Beginning Fly Tier, Try Al Campbell's "Beginning Fly Tying"...
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/beginners/:9675a]Click Here![/url:9675a]

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[This message has been edited by Steven H. McGarthwaite (edited 10 January 2006).]

Hey Wire,

I would recommend a bivisible or a Griffin's Gnat in size #10 or #12 for a starting dry fly. Bivisibles were the only dry fly I could tie that looked reasonably good when I first got my Boy Scouts of America Fly Tying Kit. Yes, that was a few decades ago!
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[This message has been edited by Eight Thumbs (edited 10 January 2006).]

i thank all of you for the info. ! keith

I would go the comparadun for mayflies and the X-caddis for caddis. They are both very easy and work like gangbusters.

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Ron M

I vote for Hans' CDC & Elk, 2 materials and one VERY effective pattern http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif

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Hey 8thumbs, I bet that I got the same sort of Boy Scout Fly-tying kit that you got. Ah, those were halycon days indeed. I was too young for them to be days of wine and roses, more like days of the lawn mower's whine and pruning the roses... http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif

BTW, I'd vote for bi-visibles, Griffith's gnats, and irrestibles also.

Ed

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