Palewatery Blog » fly tying 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 Stank Hen Variant http://www.palewatery.com/blog/stank-hen-variant/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/stank-hen-variant/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2015 05:45:59 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=357 Stank Hen Variant Hook: Partridge of Redditch Patriot Standard Dry SLD2 #10. Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk 12/0 Brown. Tag: Flat Gold Tinsel. Body: Peacock Herl dyed Orange. Wing: Waterhen. Hackle: Furnace Hen. Of all the Clyde night flies this is the one that seems to catch me the most fish, regardless of its position on the … Continue reading Stank Hen Variant →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/stank-hen-variant/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 Predator Fibre Jig http://www.palewatery.com/blog/predator-fibre-jig/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/predator-fibre-jig/#comments Mon, 04 May 2015 02:37:16 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=346 Predator Fibre Jig For the clearer water that comes with the more settled conditions that late spring and early summer brings to my local rivers. Covers the Blue Winged Olive hatch as well as the Baetis hatches throughout the year. Hook: Partridge SUJ Jig Hook, #18. Bead: 2.5mm slotted, Natural Tungsten. Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk … Continue reading Predator Fibre Jig →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/predator-fibre-jig/feed/ 0 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 Streamer Nymph http://www.palewatery.com/blog/streamer-nymph/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/streamer-nymph/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:25:53 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=337 Streamer Nymph Based on a fly by Robert Mckay this is basically a super heavy nymph used to control the drift of a team of nymphs through fast water, rather than being purely sacrificial the extra movement and flash on this fly means it fishes like a dead drift mini streamer. Hook: Partridge of Redditch … Continue reading Streamer Nymph →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/streamer-nymph/feed/ 0 Semperfli Wool Shrimp http://www.palewatery.com/blog/semperfli-wool-shrimp/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/semperfli-wool-shrimp/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:16:21 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=335 Semperfli Wool Shrimp Hook: Partridge CZF #12 Weight: Three layers of Veniard adhesive lead foil Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 Pink Eyes: Tungsten Stretch Lace Antennae: Wood Duck Shellback: Jan Siman Magic Shrimp Foil Rib: 3lb Clear Mono Body: Semperfli Perfect Shrimp Wool, scrubbed out

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/semperfli-wool-shrimp/feed/ 0 Organza Bugger http://www.palewatery.com/blog/organza-bugger/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/organza-bugger/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 02:05:12 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=333 Organza Bugger Hook: Partridge Universal Predator CS86 #6 Weight: None (Fish on a short leader with fast sinking line) Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 Brown Tail: Mix Brown & Cream Marabou Flash: Root Beer Midge Flash (2 strands each side at tail, 1 strand each side at head) Body “hackle”/Rib: Copper Organza Ribbon Body: Cookshill … Continue reading Organza Bugger →

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