Palewatery Blog » Dry Flies http://www.palewatery.com/blog Fly Tying & Fly Fishing by Jim Lees Wed, 02 Sep 2015 05:26:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Caribou Footprint Sedge http://www.palewatery.com/blog/caribou-footprint-sedge/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/caribou-footprint-sedge/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2015 05:17:49 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=375 Caribou Footprint Sedge Hook: Partridge of Redditch Ideal Standard Dry SUD2 #12. Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 Brown. Wing: Natural CDC. Body: Orange/Amber mixed dubbing. Thorax/Legs: Caribou. What I’m aiming for here is a good footprint on the water and a fly thats hard to sink. CDC tied in like a Sedgehog keeps the profile … Continue reading Caribou Footprint Sedge →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/caribou-footprint-sedge/feed/ 0 Sedge Emerger http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sedge-emerger/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sedge-emerger/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2015 04:41:49 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=370 Sedge Emerger Hook: Partridge Grub/Shrimp Straighter Eye K4A/S #12 Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 Brown Abdomen: Orange/Amber mixed Dubbing Shuck Loop: Sparkle Emerger Yarn Amber Wing: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Tan Thorax: Pine Squirrel I often fish this pattern late in the evening and on into near darkness, to help see the fly I often use … Continue reading Sedge Emerger →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sedge-emerger/feed/ 0 Palewatery No Hackle Dun http://www.palewatery.com/blog/palewatery-no-hackle-dun/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/palewatery-no-hackle-dun/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2015 05:09:16 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=355 Palewatery No Hackle Dun Hook: Partridge Ideal Standard Dry SUD2 #18 Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 30D Yellow Tails: Lt Dun Hackle barbs Abdomen: Hends Body Quills Olive BQ-34 (varnished) Wing: Natural CDC Thorax: Common Shrew from Cookshill Fly-tying Materials A great bonus of being part of the Partridge of Redditch Pro-Team is from time to … Continue reading Palewatery No Hackle Dun →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/palewatery-no-hackle-dun/feed/ 0 Fox n a Box http://www.palewatery.com/blog/fox-n-a-box/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/fox-n-a-box/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2015 04:09:57 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=353 Fox ‘n’ a Box The Fox ‘n’ a Box has been tied more for a private joke than to fish with but I have fished with one similar, but made entirely with Fox, which was a fly a friend of mine picked up from Branco Gasparin when on holiday in Slovenia. That fly worked very … Continue reading Fox n a Box →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/fox-n-a-box/feed/ 2 Brown Ant http://www.palewatery.com/blog/brown-ant/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/brown-ant/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2015 17:54:30 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=339 Brown Ant One for the summer fishing. Hook: Partridge of Redditch Spider L3A/S #16 Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 30D Brown Abdomen: Semperfli 400D Floss and Red UTC 70D thread coated with Clear Cure Goo Hydro Wing: Tiemco Aero Dry Wing Fine White Thorax: Abdomen Floss Hackle: Barred Ginger Paraloop wound around Body floss The short … Continue reading Brown Ant →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/brown-ant/feed/ 0 CDL sedge http://www.palewatery.com/blog/cdl-sedge/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/cdl-sedge/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:07:53 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=322 CDL sedge Hook: Partridge Dry Fly Supreme L5A #12 Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 (50D) Brown Body: Brown/Olive CDC Wing: Two Coq De Leon Saddle feathers Hackles: CDC fibres in a split thread followed by a hen Coq De Leon Hackle trimmed to a V underneath. Heavily based on a fly I saw tied at … Continue reading CDL sedge →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/cdl-sedge/feed/ 0 Yellow May Dun Paradun http://www.palewatery.com/blog/yellow-may-dun-paradun/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/yellow-may-dun-paradun/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:01:10 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=320 Yellow May Dun Paradun Hook: Partridge Dry Fly Supreme L5A #14 Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk 12/0 White Tails: Lt Dun Microfibbets Abdomen: Hends Body Quills BQ-06 Yellow Body Coating: Clear Cure Goo Hydro Thorax: Mix Amber/Yellow Beaver Dubbing Hackle: Semperfli Picric Dyed Cock

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/super-pupa/feed/ 0 Sighter Sedge http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sighter-sedge/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sighter-sedge/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:41:28 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=310 Sighter Sedge Tied to be as visible as possible and to float in the roughest water to work well as an indicator trailing one or two nymphs while still offering a good silhouette that can be a decent representation of Sedges and Stoneflies. Late into the evenings I use it with Fluoro green sighter wings … Continue reading Sighter Sedge →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sighter-sedge/feed/ 0 Peacock Klink http://www.palewatery.com/blog/peacock-klink/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/peacock-klink/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:17:08 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=304 Peacock Klink Hook: Partridge Patriot Grub & Buzzer K4AY #12 Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk 50D Black Tail: 2-3 strands of Pearl Mylar cut short Rib: Small Pearl Mylar Abdomen: Peacock herl single layer Thorax: Peacock herl double layer Hackle: Ginger Cock

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