Looking for a good BWO pattern

[luckie88]

Hey all looking for a few good BWO patterns to tie, it's about that time here in Central Oregon. I tie the standards and the parachutes but looking for something interesting and a bit different. Emergers and nymphs would be cool too. Thanks

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Good BWO emerger thats an easy tie is at http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/s...h&daysprune=60

Third fly in the first post.

REE

[Steven]

http://www.danica.com/flytier/sschwa..._spent_bwo.htm

I'm now tying this style with wonder wings rather than with the traditional hackle tip.

[flybugpa]

how about a silk softhackle ?

[Normand]

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&r...w=1660&bih=865

take your pick but a bwo comparadun is hard to beat

[NJTroutbum]

Luckie88, Take a look at this link for the "LTD". If you then click on the "Tying the LTD" link you will have the pattern and instructions.

I've use the Light Cahill version on the Yakima, and the BWO version does GREAT on Rocky Ford Spring Creek. Give them a try, and good luck on the water. Vary the thorax color to exactly match your local hatch.

Ralph

http://home.comcast.net/~rlonghunter.../page/The_LTD/

[Wes]

harrop loop wings and harrop emergers and harrop transitional duns

[planettrout]

Maybe about 50 BWO/ Baetis patterns here...links at article bottom:

http://planettrout.wordpress.com/200...wo-more-of-em/

PT/TB

[pittendrigh]

In Montana (can't imagine it's different in Eastern Oregon) the BWOs are small but prolific.
And the fish sure do take notice. Tying traditional Catskill patterns that small is difficult, however.
So I like to keep it as simple as possible.

The Ducktail has two pieces: a clump of duck flank that simultaneously forms abdomen and wing, plus a bottom-mounted
crossbar tuft of Zelon. I like to fish them behind a Royal Wulff or a grasshopper, which I can actually see. You can add
a bit of white Zelon to the wing too, in order to increase visibility. I lash the Zelon on loosely, and then lock it down
with a micro-drop of CA glue. This one is tied on a #22 scud hook.



a few more...

[kglissmeyer]

Here's one I discovered last spring while fishing the BWO emergence on the Big Horn River in Montana. They call it the Smoke Jumper, and many out there have heard me reference this fly recently in my Dad and the Kid posts. It has been very effective on my new favorite stillwater for 'gulper' trout feeding on mayfly emergers.

Here it is in the pattern I have been tying and fishing. This fly is not my creation, but the one pictured here is my interpretation of the pattern. The fly pictured is in a size 16. Boy, has it worked on this particular water. I was introduced to this fly while on my first trip to the Big Horn River this past spring, and it really shined during a blanket BWO hatch. Easy to tie and works miracles. This pic essentially shows how the flies orients itself in the water, with everything below the CDC under the surface film:


Here is the recipe for the above fly as pictured for a BWO tie:
Smoke Jumper
Hook: DaiRiki 125 emerger hook size 20-16
Thread: UTC olive dun, 8/0
Shuck: Simi-seal, amber - just a pinch, rolled into a small cylinder and tied to hook, trimmed at an angle
Rib: X-small Uni wire - chartreuse
Wing: Med. dun CDC puffs - 2 to 3 depending on hook size
Thorax: Olve-dun Extra Fine dubbing

I use simi-seal or some such in an amber/gold color for the shuck. It has a full spectrum of colors and I think it works better than just a straight zelon or similar for shucks. The body is olive-dun thread with x-small chartreuse wire ribbed up to the thorax. I tie in about two or three CDC Puffs pointing back over the hook, dub with olive-dun extra fine dry fly dubbing and then pull the CDC over the thorax, push it back just a bit to poof it out and then tie it off at the hook eye. If all of the CDC puffs are not even I will usually trim them.

The key to fishing this is to make sure that you keep the CDC dry which is tough when you catch a fish. I usually rinse the fly off in the water to get rid of the fish slime, dry it with a towel, put the front half of the fly (the CDC half) in my dry shake bottle and give it a few shakes, then rub out the excess dry shake and then add a little bit of dry fly floatant (not the paste type, the preen-oil type) to the CDC and then I'm back in business.

This is my newest go-to dry fly for any mayfly hatch as it has proven itself consistently since I first discovered it last spring on the Big Horn.

Kelly.