Palewatery Blog » Stillwater 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 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 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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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/organza-bugger/feed/ 0 Articulated Organza Minnow http://www.palewatery.com/blog/articulated-organza-minnow/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/articulated-organza-minnow/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:52:08 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=331 Articulated Organza Minnow Hook: Partridge of Redditch Universal Predator CS86 #6 and Flymen Fishing Company fish spine 20mm Thread: Semperfli Nano Silk 12/0 Brown Tail: Brown Olive Marabou Underbody: Olive dubbing Body Hackles: Olive and Copper Organza Ribbons wound together Head: Ice Dubbing, top Olive Brown and bottom mix of UV Pearl and Light Yellow … Continue reading Articulated Organza Minnow →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/articulated-organza-minnow/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 Super Pupa http://www.palewatery.com/blog/super-pupa/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/super-pupa/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:49:41 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=315 Super Pupa Hook: Partridge Dry Fly Supreme L5A #10 Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk 12/0 Olive Body Hackle: Lt Dun trimmed top & bottom Abdomen: Olive Camel Dubbing Thorax: Dk Brown Camel Dubbing

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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 Sculpin http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sculpin/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sculpin/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:24:18 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=306 Sculpin Hook: Partridge Universal Predator CS86 #2 Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk 12/0 Brown Tail: Mix of Brown & Cream Marabou Body: Mix of Semperfli Ice Dub Yellow & a little Gold Holographic Dubbing Wing: Magnum Rabbit Zonker tied in near the head only with skin shorter than hook length Collar: Small/short bunch of tail Marabou on … Continue reading Sculpin →

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sculpin/feed/ 0 Mayfly Shuttlecock http://www.palewatery.com/blog/mayfly-shuttlecock/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/mayfly-shuttlecock/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:11:32 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=302 Mayfly Shuttlecock Hook: Partridge Klinkhamer 15BN #14 Thread: Semperfli Nanosilk 50D White Rib: Hends Body Quills BQ-12 March Brown Body: Mix Cream/Tan/Yellow Camel Dubbing Gills: CDC Oiler Puff Cream Wing: CDC Cream Abdomen: Mix Cream/Tan/Yellow Camel Dubbing Legs: Carabou fibres in split thread palmered over the abdomen then clipped underneath

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]]> http://www.palewatery.com/blog/mayfly-shuttlecock/feed/ 0 Sparkle Gnat Step by Step http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sparkle-gnat-step-by-step/ http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sparkle-gnat-step-by-step/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:19:36 +0000 http://www.palewatery.com/blog/?p=171 My preferred way of tying Sparkle Gnats and Griffiths Gnats has long been to wrap the body herl and hackle around the thread before winding the whole lot up the shank to form the body. There are a few advantages to doing it this way 1. It makes a stronger body. 2. If you use … Continue reading Sparkle Gnat Step by Step →

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