I’m looking for an easy dry fly to tie ?? I have never attempted to tie a dry fly .
Thanks for any help .
Steve-stabgnid
Steve,
A foam beetle, with peacock underbody and rubber legs (or Krystal Flash) is about as easy as it gets and they catch lots of fish. Griffith’s Gnat and Ed Storey’s Crackleback are a couple others that come to mind; there’s lots more.
Regards,
Scott
This is about the easiest dry fly you will find. And it’s very effective.
The Griffith’s Max
Go to the beginning fly tying section and read the section on dry flys a basic grizzly hackle with a dunn body is a great place to start.
Eric
Another easy, but effective dry fly is a no-hackle elk hair caddis. Just dub a body (or use peacock herl) and add a caddis style elk or deer hair wing.
Fur ant. Quick, easy, and very effective. Hook, thread, dry fly dubbing, and hackle.
Joe
Dry flies are not harder than nymphs or streamers, as long as you learn a few basic principles that will help them land and float right side up. The fundamentals are dry fly proportions and dry fly hackle.
If you follow Eric’s advice and read the Beginners Fly Tying lessons off Fly Anglers Online Home page, you’ll find the dry fly lessons starting on Part 15 - The Basic Dry Fly. This one lesson covers most everything you need to know about dry fly proportions and dry fly hackle.
My own advice, after you learn the basics, learn how to tie parachutes. They can be frustrating at first, but once you get the hang of it, they are simple to tie, float very well and are easy to see. Oh and they catch fish!
Hope this helps
Thanks for everybody replys I have read & reread the tying lessons and I’m going to try an adams dry fly . I just need to order some hooks and brown hackle … I going to practice with some stuff I have on hand for the time being …
Steve-stabgnid
Steve,
I wouldn’t consider an Adams to be an easy fly, especially if you’ve never tied one before, but once you get the hang of them they’re a lot of fun to tie. Charlie Craven’s western Adams (you can sub hackle fiber for the tail if you prefer the standard dressing, although I like the moose body) is the best tutorial I’ve found and definitely worth a look
http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=56
He does a great job explaining the importance of proportions, especially critical in getting the Adams to turn out right first time, every time.
Looking forward to seeing how yours turn out.
Regards,
Scott
Steve,
I would suggest the Crackleback as the easiest dry fly to tie and it is a very productive fly.
There are lots of videos on how to tie this simple, but effective fly. The nice thing about this fly is that it is wingless and does not, therefore, require a lot of attention to proportions as well as it does not require much in the way of materials. brown hackle, some peacock, and unistretch (or other body material).
I would tie some of these up to get the hang of it and, as I said, they are a very effective fly!
Here’s one short video on tying it. I believe he uses a turkey round feather for the body, but I find yellow uni-stretch thread works well and is much easier.
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Regards,
Mark
The Grey Duster is a good one. You can use replace the dubbed body with wool, floss, peacock herl, or pheasant tail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olw9B8AYZCA
Regards,
Ed