Legs on Loop Wing Emergers-HOW?

[lastchance]

I'm tying some loop wing emergers for Blue Quills, Hendricksons, etc. My buddy suggests I put legs on them. What's the best way to do that?

[Normand]

just like this

http://wildernessangler.blogspot.com...g-emerger.html

or

once you bring the loop forward, separate some fibers of the loop material and tie them on each side for legs

or

dub the thorax with some hares ear with guard hairs

[JohnScott]

... which has worked very well for me, is to use a few wraps of dry fly hackle at the thorax area before pulling the CDC over to form the loop wing. Finish the fly by trimming the hackle thorax style. The hackle is a fair representation of legs and adds to the floatation of the fly.

Here is a Mahogany emerger tied on a Partridge Klinkhammer style hook using CDL, for the tailing / shuck, and CDC for the loop wing, with a dubbed body and grizzly hackle, that did very well for me during that hatch on the Rock Creek this October.





Also took some nice fish with that fly on the lower Bitterroot River on some pretty difficult water about the same time. Had a couple big guys break off and a couple others take long distance releases. But this little guy was cooperative, if not the prettiest fish in the system.



John

[lastchance]

Hey John. That's a really nice emerger tie. I like the buggy look. So you just trim the hackle flush with the hook?


Thanks, Norm.

[JohnScott]

Hey John. That's a really nice emerger tie. I like the buggy look. So you just trim the hackle flush with the hook?
....

Thanks. Yes, or cut an inverted "V" in the hackle along the bottom of the hook shank for a little more floatation.

[ScottP]

Thanks. Yes, or cut an inverted "V" in the hackle along the bottom of the hook shank for a little more floatation.

John,

You think that fly would work for the March Brown hatch in the spring? I'm going to start tying up some Skwalas, olives and March Browns and that looks like a good one.

Regards,
Scott

[JohnScott]

...You think that fly would work for the March Brown hatch in the spring? ... Scott

Scott -

I think the basic concept will work just fine for a March Brown emerger / cripple, adjusting for size and color if necessary.

There was one run on the Bitterroot, about ten miles from home, where there were good numbers of sizable trouts up on and taking the Mahoganies for at least a couple hours almost every afternoon, at least on the days that I fished there. I hadn't fished that hatch down in Idaho so I had to do some research to come up with a pattern. The Mahoganies typically come off the water very quickly, so it seemed that a cripple / emerger pattern, with the emphasis on cripple, would likely do better than a dun pattern.

When I said difficult water, I meant very clear and pretty soft water, and the fly had to be just about dead center in a fish's feeding lane. A lot of the fish refused the fly after taking a very close look at it, but enough ate it to keep me pretty well satisfied with the pattern.

John

[ScottP]

John,

Think I'll try some with a biot body, too. Thanks for the info and the pics.

Regards,
Scott

[NJTroutbum]

Lastchance......check out the link for the LTD. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://home.comcast.net/~rlonghunter...9603e69ccf1673

[NJTroutbum]

And yes, you can alter the pattern to match most any mayfly hatch very effectively.

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