I've been tying a bunch of these little buggers lately...
Depending on the number of insects on the surface of the water, I like to fish this mayfly spinner as a dropper fly both on the surface and below. I like to go the opposite. If there are a lot of insects floating spent on the surface, then I fish this fly as a drowned BWO. If there are only a few mayfly spinners on the surface, then I float this fly. I want the odds in my favor and don't want my fly to compete with the hundreds of real spinners available.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bLGswbo5zK...0/P1050921.JPG BWO Spinner size #22 tied and photographed by Doug Korn
materials list:
hook: size #22 dry
thread: MFC olive 8/0
tails: micro brush fibers
body: MFC olive thread 8/0
wings: Needloft yarn in white -
which will be a reflective clear in the water.
thorax: DK#4 olive dubbing