that worked very well for me in Norway on the river Glomma last summer was in imitation of the small Baetis…
It was tied on a size 24 dry fly hook and the grayling just could not et it pass without having a close look and very often a fierce take:
Tail: Micro fibbets, tied split
Body: Orange tying-thread, Danvilles 6/0
Wing: a bunch of CDC fibres, tied in without the stem of the feather.
Highly recommended when Baetis are around…
In this picture the fly is sitting on my finger…
Good luck, Hans
Hans,
You sure tie them small. That looks like a great pattern, and nicely tied. Hard to believe you were using 6/0 thread on a size 24 hook. Very nice indeed. That looks like a fly that would work well at the Central Washington Fish In. The large trout like really small flies.
Nice fly. I have a hard time tying a baetis pattern on an 18. You do good work. Jim
Great fly Hans. May I ask why the orange body? I thought baetis had olive bodies.
Thanks
Beaver
Coincidence…
It was the tying thread I had om when I was trying to tie a baetis pattern in Norway.
It proved to work well, but probably an olive body will do just as well…
Cheers, Hans
the “F fly” with a tail?
Looks a bit like the F-fly indeed, but as opposed to the F-fly the wing is more upright, so instead of a sedge this suggests a smallish mayfly or baetis.
Hans
Hans, how do you tie on the wing?
Is it just at the head then with 1 or 2 wraps around the base to turn in upright like a backwards parachute wing? Or is there a special trick?
I don’t see any fl-OOOH I see it.
Very nice, size 26 now?
Hans, nice tie… a simular one worked for me today in a 22
Z
Correct…
As opposed to what I wrote in the description the tail is made of Cock de Leon, a fowl that originates in Spain.
Once the wing is tied in, like the F-fly style a few wraps round the base of the wing enable you to set it upright.
Hans