This fly is a fantastic nymph tied by my friend Peter Durisik and works very well on muddy waters or in dark and deep pools. It is one of the best buggy nymph for early season trout fishing.
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The red killer micro worm is an alternative at well known squirmy wormy flies. This worm is tied on size #16-20 and works great in water. Soft enough to be vibrant in water and to resist at fish teeth. Another plus is in quality of material, made on a silicone type of gel it is resistant at UV light. That means the fly can hang on the fishing vest without being afraid that the light will disintegrate it.
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Yes, it has a strange name 🙂 Pink is more for ladies. We guys are into other colors, we’re not pink lovers…
I started tying this fly for a friend, I didn’t have much faith in it. I have a few extra flies left that I carry with me in the box. At one point I said to try them. I won’t tell you that since then I always have them with me and use them every time. That’s all I can tell you, they have never disappointed me so far 🙂
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La Peute is of French origin and has become known in the fishing world for its efficiency. Recently (a few years ago), I tied this fly in the form of a nymph. Out of curiosity, to see if it is effective. I was surprised by how many fish I caught. Now I do it frequently and it is indispensable in my box
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A few small tricks : yellow thread it will counterbalance the color of the hook. Otherwise, if you make the body from olive thread directly on the hook, when it gets wet it will become very dark in color, almost black. Then make the hackle fixing the tip of the feather and not the base. In this way you will have a nice collar made of nice and delicate barbs.
Another tip is to take out the barbs from one side: you will obtain a nice collar hackle and not one which is too bushy and messy with barbs orientated in all directions…
Black, white and dirty white or cream are the most effective streamers. Of course there are moments when other colors are more effective. But in general, all fisherman should have these colors.
One of them is those tied with weasel, to be precise, it’s Siberian weasel which has a nice cream -dirty white. This color is close to the natural color of bait fish 🙂
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Tying Video here:
The head is secured with elastic UV resin, much better than hard resin because it allows a bit of mobility, elasticity. If a big trout attacks, the streamer is not damaged.
Yellow Tag CDC Sedge is similar made with green butt cdc sedge and works for trout and grayling in the same time. The CDC provides a nice water-print and the long barbs from hackle provide a nice hollow when the fly stay in water film. Like the rest of Peter Durisik flies, the Yellow Tac CDC Sedge can be fished as a diving caddis as well.
I love this fly and I use it all the time when sedge flies are flying in evenings. In Lapland was one of my best sedge for years!
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This fly became “a must” sedge for all dry fly fisherman who like to use sedge flies. The green color from the butt part seems to be highly attractive to fish in Summer and Autumn. Rare in Spring but in certain rivers it catches too. I fish it very often in Sweden in June and July and not only as a dry fly but also as a wet fly. I keep it in current until the fly sinks or I force to sink. When the fly comes up ( due to CDC ) the fish strike it with force. It is super fun to fish in this way.
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Red Spot CDC Sedge also developed by Peter Durisik, on of the most famous tiers from Slovakia is made for fishing grayling and trout in rivers with high pressure waters. This fly is made it is made very interesting: with tails, which is not specific to these flies. But the fly is very effective, it seems that those tails attract the interest of the fish very well. Those tails probably mimic the transition from a nymph to an adult state. For this reason, I fish this fly as well as a wet fly.
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GRHE CDC dun fly tied by Peter is another great fly for grayling fishing. I discovered this fly fishing together with Peter around 20 years ago when I visited Slovakia and I fished on Vah river. The fly has a fantastic water-print and it is a great searching pattern.
This fly had something special, which I have not seen in other models made in those years: hackle made of fur. I have seen delicate flies in Poland but with a hackle made of one turn of hen or rooster feather, but not of fur. I was surprised by the approach and found it very interesting. Also at Peter’s I saw the combination of fur and cdc, a kind of sandwich hackle. Very interesting and efficient too 🙂
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High rider CDC dun flies are popular in east and central part of Europe because they float extremely well even if they have a delicate body and a sparse wink.
The secret stays in how the CDC is use and fixed, you see that very well in the photo:).
