Mahogany Emerger for September

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Hi,

Tying some emergers for my Sept. trip.

Anyone have good patterns - and photos?

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Byron, tye some of those with the wing forward. I was told by some that’s a better tyer than me that the fly will hang a little lower in the film.

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Byron…Here is the LTD. :slight_smile:

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Yes, I like the loop wings.

Was thinking of a soft hackle type:

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Very nice ties, Byron. Also liked the dun you posted on an earlier thread.

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Thanks Chewy
I really meant to post this pic. I found my partridge skin and I think it looks better for the collar.

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Definately

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NJ:

I tied a few loop wing duns as well. This is the way I tie the Loop Wing for the Mahogany.

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Very nice pattern Byron.

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Thanks. You never know what will work the best for you

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Very similar to a loop wing mahogany emerger that I’ve fished with good results - except your fly tying skills are so much better than mine that I have to emphasize "similar.

John

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Thanks John, but I doubt that!

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…I never thought of September as a Mayfly month. When the PMDs fade out in August it tends to become hopper/beatle/ant time for me. Or Renegade time on tributary creeks. Or Damsel fly time on high altitude lagoons. We do get some diminutive Pseudoklingons on the Mo in September. But it’s usually dinks that pay attention to those #64 fly specs. Somehow the Mahogony dun never became part of my repertoire. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before. But I’ve never gone to the Henry’s Fork in the late season either. That is a handsome fly.

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Sandy -

We do have mahogany duns in the fall over here in this part of the state. I don’t pay much attention to that hatch simply because there are other things going on at the same time - hoppers, as you indicated, and probably some October Caddis.

But I did fish the mahogany hatch on the Bitterroot a couple years ago, in late Sept into early Oct as I recall, and caught some pretty nice fishies with a loop wing emerger similar to the one Byron posted. From a quick look at my photo album, I would guess a couple of the pix were from Rock Creek, but I am not positive that is where those pix were taken.

This is not a typical mayfly hatch, from what I have read, whether it occurs in spring or fall. The duns don’t stay on the surface long, and some, if not all, do actually fully emerge subsurface. When I was preparing to fish the hatch, I went with an emerger / cripple style fly rather than a dun since that is the form the fishies are most accustomed to seeing - and eating.

John

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Here’s one that might be worth a try. A Broughton’s Point. Claret body, starling quill slips for wings, black hackel with some red hackle mixed in. This one is size 14, but tie as appropriate.

  • Jeff

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Interesting pattern. May try it myself.
Thanks