Posts by Fly Fishing the Sierra

Paraquill, BWO Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wingpost Hackle Quilled Body Parachute Dun Designed by A.K. Best of Boulder, Colorado in the 1980’s. Quilled Body Parachute Duns can represent the emerger stage of the mayfly and will often be effective at the beginning of the hatch and at…

Blue Wing Olive Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Tail Wing Hackle Blue Wing Olive Life Cycle The Blue Wing Olive mayfly might be considered to begin its life cycle on the bottom of the stream or river as a nymph. The nymph will spend 2-3 months within this form…

Blue Wing Olive Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Tail Wing Hackle Catskill Dries The Catskill Dries are a traditional pattern from the Catskill Region of Upper New York. They are variations of earlier British Chalkstream patterns, particularly those of Frederic Halford. The Catskill Dries represent mayflies with a hackle…

Sparkle Dun, PMD Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Pale Morning Dun The Pale Morning Dun mayfly is a major hatch for our Sierran streams and rivers. They are found heavily within Spring Creeks and tailwaters, preferring stabilized flows and streambeds with rooted vegetation. Often the nymphs tend to…