Epeorus wet fly

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Roadkill
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Re: Epeorus wet fly

Post by Roadkill » Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:02 pm

In Oregon I fish a simple yellow flymph for Epeorus albertae with a yellow dubbed body and yellow hackle.
My latest is the Glitzy Pink Lady...
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Re: Epeorus wet fly

Post by Updtate » Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:43 am

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Re: Epeorus wet fly

Post by Variant » Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:23 am

ForumGhillie wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:11 pm Thank you for your response.

I actually think the Epeorus genus is one of the most under appreciated mayflies and deserves more recognition by fly fishermen and fly tiers. If it wasn't for the Quill Gordon I doubt most fly fishermen would know squat about the Epeorus genus.

John
John I totally agree with you, on the Madison River the Epeorus Albertae ( pink Lady) has become much more prevalent and there is much more interest in fishing the hatch but instead of concentrating on the emerging phase I have seen many anglers working the dun and spinner phases.
Beautiful tie Update!
Lou
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Re: Epeorus wet fly

Post by Mike62 » Thu Jan 21, 2021 8:03 am

ForumGhillie wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:07 am There was a discussion about Quill Gordon (Epeorus pleuralis) on another forum, which is an early season Eastern US mayfly hatch. That got me tying another Epeorus mayfly - Epeorus vitreus, which I have witnessed and fished in the Upper Midwest. Epeorus mayflies are the perfect example of a winged wet fly since they are known to hatch along the stream bottom in riffled sections of the rivers and then work their way as a winged mayfly to the surface.

There are a lot of common names for Epeorus vitreus and I find that confusing. They are not sulphurs, nor cahills, yet they are often times lumped in with them. I find the Epeorus vitreus wet fly a great 'killer' pattern in the riffles when the insects are hatching. I do believe the wing is an important trigger for this fly when the trout are feeding on the bottom emerging duns.

I tie the body with a blend of awesome possum dubbing over white thread to keep it lighter in color. When it is wet the body darkens. I generally switch the thread color to medium olive for the thorax, but for Letumgo's sake I continued with the white thread and colored the head with Prismacolor Mocha Dark, then coated with head cement.


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I think this dressing is fantastic. I don't run across this fly very often up here; almost never, in fact, but I would tie this fly on the end of my tippet and fish it on general principle alone. So well done. Thanks for posting it.
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