Posts by Fly Fishing the Sierra

Gray’s Hex Dun Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Ribbing Shuck Wing Hackle Gray’s Hex Dun Gray’s Hex Dun is designed by Lincoln Gray, Manager of Sierra Stream and Mountain in Chico, CA . Lincoln operates a stillwater fly fishing school on Lake Almanor and has been developing a series…

Foam Emerger, PMD Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Shuck Wingcase Hackle Foam Emerger Craig Mathews, Owner of Blue Ribbon Flies, came up with this pattern sometime in the 1980’s. It incorporated a trailing shuck of Z-lon and a 1mm foam segment that was doubled over at the thorax region. A…

Floating Nymph, BWO Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Ribbing Tail Wing Legs Floating Nymph There are many floating nymphs using foam, cdc, or hackles to float the nymph at the surface. Mike Lawson of Henry’s Fork Anglers developed an interesting pattern using a ball of poly dubbing to float…

Blue Wing Olive Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wing Hackle Extended Body Mayflies Extended Body Mayflies are not difficult to tie. They add an element of realism to the dry fly presentation that is often a trigger mechanism for the trout to strike. There are a number of…

Harrop’s CDC Captive Dun, BWO Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail under Wingcase Thorax Harrop’s CDC Captive Dun Rene and Bonnie Harrop are fly designers/fly fishing couple out of St. Anthony, Idaho . Living next to the Henry’s Fork, they have refined many fly patterns that relate to mayfly hatches.…

Callibaetis CDC Cripple Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail over Wing , on sides Thorax CDC Cripple Dun Rene Harrop designed the CDC Cripple Dun utilizing the CDC feather for the wing. The high degree of floatation allows this pattern to float within the film despite being small. The tail…

CDC Baetis Dun Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Thorax CDC Dun The CDC Dun utilizes Cul-de-canard (CDC) feathers for the wing on this mayfly emerger pattern. The use of the feather has their roots going back to the 1920’s with the Moustique patterns used in the Jura Mountains…

Trico Sprout Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Shuck Wingpost Hackle Brook’s Sprout The Brook’s Sprout was developed by Bob Brooks while Riverkeeper at Hot Creek Ranch, near Mammoth, CA. Bob moved onto Montana and guided for Mike Lawson’s Henry Forks Outfitters where his Sprout emerger patterns gained an additional…

Bivisible Dun, Baetis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wingpost Hackle Bivisible Dun The Bivisible Dun is a mayfly emerger pattern that was designed by Sierra fly fishing guide Ralph Cutter of Nevada City, CA. Ralph and Lisa Cutter owned California School of Fly Fishing which taught fly fishing for…

CDC Biot Parachute, Adams Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wingpost Hackle Biot Body Parachute Dun The Biot Body Parachute Dun utilizes biots in it’s construction. Biots are the stiff barbs found along the leading edge of a primary flight feather. They are necessary to give birds flight. There…