Drowned Trico

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Drowned Trico

Post by Roadkill » Fri May 21, 2021 4:41 pm

I found my note on this fly last week in an old notebook from some time at an Expo long ago. The other pages were missing and I don't remember who the tyer was and where. It was in one of 5 NW states in the last 20+ years and I might have a photo somewhere. :roll:
N.B. The original tyer used microfibbets for the tail & 9 turns of wire on a #22

Hook-Dai Riki 135 #20
Thread & Body-UTC 70 Black & 10 Turns of Black S Ultra Wire
Tail and Wings-White Hi-Vis
Thorax-Black Fine and Dry

ImageRIMG1609 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

When wet this doesn't hesitate to dive right under the water! ;)
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by DUBBN » Fri May 21, 2021 5:24 pm

Something very similar to your pattern has been a staple on the San Juan River for more decades than I care to admit. Well done!
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by letumgo » Sat May 22, 2021 6:27 am

I’m definitely going to need my magnifying glasses to tye these! Brilliant construction.
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by Roadkill » Sat May 22, 2021 5:04 pm

Working on the female today...

ImageRIMG1613 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

I don't have olive wire so I am using silver wire overwrapped with Light Olive tying thread, the Thorax is Beaver.
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by Roadkill » Sat May 22, 2021 8:01 pm

Here is a Spent Female with no eggs left in the abdomen...
ImageRIMG1619 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

The abdomen is Opal Mirage ribbed by silver wire.
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by letumgo » Sun May 23, 2021 5:25 am

Simply perfection. I have complete confidence in these patterns. They just look so darn effective.
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by Caster1 » Mon May 24, 2021 3:14 pm

Ed Engle from Colorado has a video on tying this fly. He uses wire for the body. He winds the wire on the hook in a very unique way that reduces bulk. I've fished this pattern in the riffles during a Trico spinner fall and I had better luck with the drowned Trico than fishing the dry spinner in the flat water. The fish seem to hit the drowned fly very aggressively. Give the pattern a try in the faster water next time you hit the spinner fall. Good luck.
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by FlyFisherMann1955 » Mon May 24, 2021 4:25 pm

Ed does a great program; our TU Chapter hosted him in OK City. You can view the video mentioned above
if you look here:

https://globalflyfisher.com/video/desig ... co-spinner



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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by Roadkill » Mon May 24, 2021 4:30 pm

Caster1 wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 3:14 pm Ed Engle from Colorado has a video on tying this fly. He uses wire for the body. He winds the wire on the hook in a very unique way that reduces bulk.
Is that where he doesn't tie it in, but winds the wire body and crimps the wire close to the hook as he described in his 2004 book Tying Small Flies.
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Re: Drowned Trico

Post by Roadkill » Mon May 24, 2021 4:43 pm

Thanks Ken! I will try Ed's newer wire technique when I tie some 22's and 24's. ;)
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