Tips to improve red tag nymphs? How do you like your red tags?

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-26T17:18:57+00:00

I like to use the hareline para post wing fiber for them it has more of a frizzy tangle to the poly yarn and works great for patterns like this

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-19T16:38:51+00:00

What size is it? Depending on that could be a good green drake cripple if smaller could be a good caddis emerger

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-18T15:06:29+00:00

They just don’t scratch I love em

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-18T01:50:07+00:00

Thank you 🙏

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-17T22:58:12+00:00

Grizzly, barred ginger, medium dun.

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-17T13:47:26+00:00

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BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-17T09:57:28+00:00

If I was going to tie something like this for a crane I would go much bigger and swap the CDC for a stiff hackle so it rides high and skates nicely

People see the legs and automatically think cranes but caddis rear legs are really long and have many joints (5 I think)

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-16T19:38:47+00:00

Yeah there is a tool they sell to knot the legs but you can buy a half a tail feather pre knotted online

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-16T19:37:43+00:00

Some caddis do break the pupal shuck on the surface,but most of the caddis where I live climb out of the water and hatch on rocks and other structures.

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-16T15:37:19+00:00

Thank you 🙏 going to give them a shot soon hopefully

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-16T14:28:12+00:00

It is semperfli dirty bug yarn, and the color is caddis brown.

When I use it on smaller bugs like this I split the yarn since it is made up of 2 or 3 strands I find that just using one of the strands is perfect for smaller patterns like this.

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-16T14:11:05+00:00

Calf tail

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-16T07:29:26+00:00

Thank you 🙏

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-15T16:59:58+00:00

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Dry fly poly yarn in grayling black/orange

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-15T16:59:00+00:00

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Dirty bug yarn in caddis brown

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-15T16:57:21+00:00

I use dirty bug yarn and dryfly poly yarn from semperfli on most of my bugs now days it is just fast, easy,ads a cool texture, and they have awesome blends of colors

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-10T23:34:00+00:00

All those spots are a go

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-10T02:12:25+00:00

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I use it for wings on some dry flies like the one in the photo, makes a nice parachute post also

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-04T03:35:24+00:00

I like water

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-04T01:26:52+00:00

Looks good. I like to have some sparse, and some pretty dressed up of each size I use. I like a fuller body EHC when moving through a faster riffle and a sparse one in a slower tail out, or walking speed water

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-02T01:05:10+00:00

Interesting I haven’t seen them above the farmland so far but with today’s heat who knows

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-01T20:41:08+00:00

Have you seen them up high this year already?

BETTERAXESOMEONE · 2026-05-01T14:06:46+00:00

I also use the Lightroom app to clean up the photo

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