NICE FLIES!!

And a pattern I enjoy in 16's & 18's.

IMO it depends what hatches if any are happening, the stage of the emergence, and where in the water column the fish are feeding.

Great looking fly!!

Nicely done, reminds me of some of my old rubber band nymphs. Surgical tubing was close to this color and handy way back when I was making slingshots.

fly!!

Beautiful flies!!

UV2 is marketing for both absorbing (Fluorescent) & reflecting UV which I am not convinced about for the same reasons mentioned in the video. Some of the synthetic dubbings like Fine and Dry or Super Fine have some fluorescent colors even in ordinary dubbing selections not labeled as UV. Some even f...

In Oregon it is not legal to fish for trout at midnight but if I did I would use a fly with Phosphorescent materials not UV since moonlight is very weak with UV. Once after dark I legally fished for bass in a lake using a fly with a green Phosphorescent bead thorax. It made for some smashing strikes...

I have 2 books which made me a believer in UV absorbing colors that I have used in some specific flies. The first is the Jed Davis book Spinner Fishing for Steelhead, Salmon and Trout from 1989. I bought this because I was making my own steelhead spinners and found his information on color visibilit...

I had not seen the Rio 2 tone indicator material before but made some slinkies in 2008 after fishing with a friend and Bret Bishop a Teacher (and Guide) from Boise, ID who was on the US Fly Fishing Team. He showed me the technique on the Big Wood River. He was introduced to them in Portugal by the F...