Gotta love Davie McPhail’s tying of this simple, yet elegant, blue dun soft hackle!
All of Davie’s ties are worth watching; this one is no different.
We don’t have the Iron Blue (Baetis Niger) in North America, but imitations of them work surprising well as generic mayfly patterns. Checkout Hans’ tie of a Dark Watchet for a different example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nip_MVilc44,
Here’s a page with a picture of the natural: http://www.staffs-ecology.org.uk/sig/index.php5?title=Newsletter_2012
Always nicely done.
Yea great fly, his cdc bubble caddis looks pretty nice too