River Mera is a beautiful tributary of the famous river Adda from North Italy. Mera is located in Lombardia and it comes from Switzerland and flows in Adda close to Como lake. I had the chance to go fishing there, several times with my Italian friends. What can I say, the surroundings are stunning: high mountains ...
Perdigon Jig with CDC is a strange hybrid based on perdigon type of flies. I like perdigon nymphs, especially perdigon jig because: they sink fast like a rok easy to tie very fast to tie economic fly - not fancy materials, just thread, bead, barbs for tails and maybe some uv ribbing sometimes perfect for ...
It is a simple and elegant Loop Emerger tied with hackle made of guard fur from Hare. The fly suits perfectly for fast flowing rivers and the water print is very similar with the water print from a real insect.
Big, fat and ugly bug will work all the time when the new fishing season starts. Here is one that works excellent because has enough sparkle to attract the fish and is discrete enough to not scare it. My advice is to use big flies because: big means protein for fish will not scare the fish ...
Materials: Hook: Demmon DGH 900 BL #10-16 Thread: Fluo Orange Body: Troutline Mad Rabbit Dubbing or Spiky Dubb in natural color Ribbing: UV White Ribbing fiber Thorax Dubbing: Troutline Thorax Dubbing Dark Hackle: CDC Khaki Campbell, natural mallard grey or dyed grey Campbell Our tricks: * just let the barbs of the CDC long enough to move better in water. ...
The secret flies of Spanish fishermen competitors was revealed a few good years ago: Perdigon Nymphs. The Spanish guys had fantastic results with these flies. Now perdigon flies are not a secret anymore. At first look these flies are quite disappointing, very simple, overloaded with a big tungsten bead, slim body coated with resin. No dubbing, ...
Material used: Demmon DJS 300 BL #12 Thread: any kind you like Head:Troutline UV Body Ribbing - chartreuse or lime green Hackle: Partridge Hackle - grey neck feathers Body: Troutline Thorax Dubbing - dark color When and how to fish this fly: *perfect for Spring fishing *must have nymph for fishing in deep pools *trout live this fly all season *deadly in fast flowing waters Not ...
Recipe: *Hook: Demmon DJS 300 BL *Thread: chartreuse and black *Head: UV ribbing material - chartreuse color :Hackle: long barbed Partridge feather - one turn or one and half turn maximum *Body: Troutline Thorax Nymphing Dubbing - dark *Bead: black nickel tungsten Peeping Caddis Nymph is one of my favorite fly for starting season. I'm not filling comfortable if I do not ...
Hook: Demmon ST900 #12 Lead wire Thread: yellow body thread Dubbing: spiky hare dubbing Ribbing: oval silver tinsel Tail: guard hare fibers Thorax cover: pheasant narns coated with UV Resin for durability Legs: pheasant tips combined with partridge Thorax Dubbing: Spiky Hare dubbing Anybody can add his personal touch.In the end is very important to test and see how fish respond :) Cheers and happy ...
If you want to make a PT with spiky thorax that will be loved by trout and grayling then the dubbing loop technique is the best: Why to do this? *because the dubbing will stay more sparse *the colors and the texture will look nice and buggy *more durable
