Version of Walt Wiese's Baetis

[Byron haugh]

I was tying some different versions of a Fall Baetis and decided to try one of Walt's patterns with a different colored body.


Size #18

[Uncle Jesse]

As always great job with the fly and the photograph. That appears to be a loop wing of what?

[Byron haugh]

Jesse,
Thanks. Walt Wiese of Parks Fly Shop in Gardiner, MT. shows the fly in a youtube video. He uses purple stretch material for the body. The wing bud is foam.
His video is very nice. If I remember, I will post a link here.

Here is his video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2hKEYjmTdY

[ScottP]

Craig Mathews version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHLw0J2PeMc&feature=plcp


Doug Korn's (on a bigger piece of iron):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKG7Mc4ov_o

[Gig]

Damn, you must have good eye sight to tie that much detail on a size 18 fly. By the way, it's a lovely job

[TyroneFly]

As always a very nice tie.

[ScottP]

Used this:



for this (apologies for the crummy pic):




after a frustrating morning fishing the trico hatch/fall for those stupid trout (I guess we all really know who the stupid one was), it was very satisfying to get a decent one when the PMDs started up.

Regards,
Scott

[whatfly]

And here's yet another video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9PRY...eature=related

So this begs the question, whose pattern is this originally? Inquiring minds...

[ScottP]

Good question - I found it in Craig Mathews/John Juracek's Fly Patterns of Yellowstone Vol 2, written in 2008; I like Wally and Doug's versions, too. That video you posted made me a bit woozy - they seemed to have trouble holding focus and that shirt was a poor choice for a background; nice fly.

Regards,
Scott

[Byron haugh]

The one from Wapsi, I think is more of a foam thorax emerger as opposed to using the foam as a wing bud - although he mentions you could use the foam that way.

I mention Walt Wiese because he showed his purple haze version of the foam loop wing in his video. I think the GENERAL idea of a foam wing bud precedes what Wiese does, it is just that he ties it with a purple spandex stretch material for the abdomen.

Not sure who originated the concept of a foam wing bud.

This is my application to an Adams Style fly for additional float capabilities: