Foam update to the standard tie. Might lose it to a tree or fish, but you won’t have to tie on a new one in the dark because it stopped floating.
hook - Dai Riki 135 #6
thread/rib - UTC 140 hopper yellow
core/shuck - Congo Hair brown
tail - moose body hair
body - 1mm foam tan
body hackle - grizzly (undersize by 2)
front hackle - brown/grizzly mix
wing - deer hair
Part 1
mash barb, start thread at mid-point
tie in a loop of CH
clean, stack, measure (2x hook length) some moose body hair; tie in, hook CH loop onto the gallows
wrap moose halfway up the core and back down
tie in foam strip (1/3 gap width)
brush underbody with Super Glue, wrap to base of tail (adjust tension for desired thickness)
Now that is a good looking and practical pattern for the MI hatch! Never attempted to tie a Carnage variation, but will play around with this one for sure. Thanks
With spent wings it would make a very practical & efficient flight bug for the Hex . Because they are big bugs the spinners are quite active went they hit the water … some of the most effective non-foam spinner imitations have palmered bodies. the fish take the spinners aggressively and just sip the hatchers that come later in the night which is just the opposite of the smaller mayflies
Thanks for the info; fished brown drake hatches but never the hex. It would be simple enough to split/splay the wings (in the center of the thorax, hackling behind and in front); a synth wing would probably be better than ungulate hair for that application.
Interesting. I want to do a Carnage Hex pattern. I was thinking about a parachute version, and use some Chartreuse Egg Yarn for the post, to help with visibility.
AllenOK Hex are on the water at night. bugs are tan w/ yellow highlights… i used all white imitations and the fish did not mind and i could almost see my fly if there was a little moonlight
What I should have said was I’m surprised no company has slapped their logo on a set and marketed them for fishermen (at an even greater price). For folks (not me) willing to pay $85 for nippers (nippers!) I doubt they’d even blink at the price.
Scott, quick question. How wide do you cut the foam for this pattern? I’ve got a package of razor foam, 1 sheet of 1mm and 2 sheets of .5mm yellow foam.
