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RS2 Callibaetis Tying Instructions |
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Notes: The pattern is marketed by fly merchants but often without the attributes the Rim displays with those patterns that he ties. Rim was one of the first tiers to construct contrasting colorations to the body and thorax. His technique of dubbing the thread to create a rope effect allowing a thin segmentation to the body. Commercially available Beaver Dubbing has become shorter in fiber lengths through blending processes and dyeing. Rim requires the fibers to be at least 1/2 inch in length to create the rope effect with hand twisting. Today, with the shorter fibers, you may need to use a dubbing spinner tool to get the same effect. "The essence of zen is the beauty of simple things. Fly or Nymph Fishermen tend to fall into one of the above three categories. I am a semblance minimalist fly fisher and only carry 5 or 6 different patterns. I used to carry around 3000 patterns, I was an exact imitationalist, as I was a commercial tyer in my youth. But nowadays it’s just Rim Chung’s RS2, the Improved Yong Special, the YKnot, the Calgon Fly, Andy Kim’s micro egg and a pheasant tail variant. If I found my former methodology more effective, I'd return to it. But minimalism suits me, and the fish as well. " Rim Chung April 20th, 2020
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RS2 BWO 
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RS2 PMD 
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RS2 Trico 
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RS2 March Brown 
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RS2 Hendrickson 
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CDC Dun Callibaetis 
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CDC Emerger PMD 
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CDC Emerger BWO w/Glass Bead 
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Designed by Rim Chung. RS2 stands for Rim's Semblance #2. It was designed originally for baetis and midges on the South Platte in the mid 1970's. The body of the fly hangs down into the surface file and the wing looks like an emerging midge. By trimming off the tails, a better midge pattern emerges... no pun intended.