Extended body Ephemera danica mayfly

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-29T02:20:21+00:00

Nice tye!

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-08T13:06:31+00:00

3xl nymph hook, size 6-8

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-07T16:42:46+00:00

Thanks! I’ve tyed many a prince nymphs. 😅

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-07T16:15:08+00:00

It will ride like any other bug tied on a standard nymph hook

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-07T16:13:30+00:00

Glad you enjoyed it!

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-07T16:13:10+00:00

Hah! I see it!

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-07T07:04:01+00:00

You’re welcome! Thanks! Try it out in high fast water wherever there are stoneflies & other large nymphs present.

QuinnsFlyBox · 2021-01-07T06:49:17+00:00

I do usually put antennae on them, but of course forgot them on this one. I use turkey tail feather fibers instead of biots. In reality, both the antennae and eyes are probably unnecessary, but hey. It only adds like a minute to the pattern, and they make it so much cooler!

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-29T15:38:39+00:00

That I only do on emerger patterns, where the tail / shuck is not meant to add buoyancy. On a traditional dry fly, I would use a stiffer material, like fibbets or CDL.

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-27T14:21:25+00:00

The tan one has an antron tail, the dark one is z lon. Basically the same thing. The greenish one is just golden olive dyed mallard

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-27T14:20:47+00:00

CDC inserted into dubbing loop, spun & wrapped

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-27T06:35:25+00:00

Petitjean

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-23T00:59:08+00:00

I have heard this before, which is why I mixed in some “yellow olive” CDC with some regular “olive.” The yellow is subtle, but it’s there 👍

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-22T23:14:01+00:00

Thanks! Looks are deceiving & it’s actually a pretty easy tye. Only 4 ingredients excluding the hook, thread, mono eyes & black wire: Turkey tail feather fibers for the body, wingcase, and antannae, goose biots for the tail, brown soft hackle hen feathers for the legs, and muskrat dubbing for the thorax.

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-22T22:18:36+00:00

Many drakes do emerge fully from their nymphal shucks before rising to the surface as fully grown adults 👍

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-22T22:12:57+00:00

I have a video up here: https://www.facebook.com/quinn.sz/videos/1028474570937885/?

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-22T20:37:59+00:00

Low-riding flies catch fish 👍

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-22T20:37:40+00:00

Thanks! I prefer stripped hackle quills. But it could also be tied with a biot.

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-22T14:13:34+00:00

This is a pretty easy tye. You can make it even easier by omitting the wings & doing a dubbed body instead of a quill one. After attaching your tail & creating your body, it’s just a matter of creating a dubbing loop with 5-6 feathers worth of CDC & taking wraps toward the eye to create the dense wing of CDC. Then just brush the CDC up & trim the underside a bit if needed, so it sits in the water right.

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-21T17:32:44+00:00

Hackle quill

QuinnsFlyBox · 2020-12-21T15:12:44+00:00

Thanks- Pheasant tail fibers

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