More Browns "On the Fly"

The "Fire Fly" was effective again today.  Here are some photos...

First fish of the morning...

Every fish was on the trailing "Fire Fly" today... this one had a cut on it's shoulder?

Brown Trout are beautiful --- look at those red spots.

Last fish of the day... 

Fire Fly by Aaron Jasper, step-by-step

Fire Fly tied (my version) and photographed by Doug Korn

materials list:
Hook: scud heavy wire, #12-14
Bead: 6/0 Toho flo. orange glass bead
Thread: Serafil 120
Tail and Body: pheasant tail
Rib: 28 ga. copper wire
Thorax: peacock bronze dubbing of choice

Tie in pheasant tail at bend.

Attach copper wire at bend with wire extending under bead. Wrap thread forward. 

Wrap PT forward counter-clockwise, then bring wire forward with clockwise turns.

At the thorax wrap wire in close turns (5 or 6) to the bead.  This adds weight and avoids using lead.   Tie off and break wire.

Dub thread using the split thread technique or direct dubbing method.

Wrap thorax with dubbing noddle and whip finish behind the bead.

B-day Fishing

Today was a very nice fishing trip.  Our son Scott is here visiting us for his Birthday which happens to be today...  So with all the warmer weather we have been having this winter I encouraged him to bring his fishing gear with him.  This morning it was still 59 degrees out at 7 am. --- but the weather forecast was for some rain and dropping temps throughout the day so we decided to head out early rather than later.  It turned out to be a good move and I was quickly into a good fish right away.  Scott's a good fisherman and we managed to catch both some big and some small browns...  We caught some rain too but nothing that made us give-it-up...   I was the lucky guy today catching two nice brown trout, a 16 and a 17 incher, outstanding fish for this creek where 12 incher's are good fish...

At noon we quit and headed for our local burger joint.  A wonderful day... Anytime spent with your son is great but none better than on some good water enjoying our time together.

Scott working the far side of the pool

16" Male Brown Trout

Scott nymphing

Winter Stone 

Fish of the day a "reel" battler "on the fly"...

Tying Tip - could save you a big mess...

If your like me and worry about spilling your head cement, well here's a tip.  Over the years I've spilled my head cement more than once and it makes a huge mess.  Both times I bumped it with my arm/hand and over she went....  These bottles tend to be relatively tall and narrow and it doesn't take much to send them tumbling.

I use a Griff's bottle that's 3 inches tall and 1 1/4 inches square for my head cement.  I found that a plastic half gallon milk jug was just about the right size for the fix.  I cut the top section off (see photo) and slid it down over the bottle with the plastic conforming nicely to the jar.  This gives the bottle a much wider profile at the base and helping to prevent any future mishaps...

Find the plastic bottle or jug that fits your head cement jar and give it a try... 

CDC Loop Wing Emerger #16 Blue Wing Olive

CDC Loop Wing Emerger #16 Blue Wing Olive - fish it in the film during a hatch and hang on!

tied and photographed by Doug Korn

Hook: MFC #7000 Dry Fly #16-20
Thread: Lt. Olive Uni 8/0
Tail: CDL
Body: DK#2 - Snapdragon dubbing
Loop Wing: one CDC natural colored feather
Thorax: DK#4 - Olive dubbing

Korn's Mother's Day Caddis

Timing is everything with this western hatch, but if you are lucky enough to hit it... this is a killer pattern.

Hook: MFC 7022 2x long size 8

Thread: Serafil 200, tan

Rib: tag end of thread

Abdomen: Amber dry fly dubbing with a touch of UV ice dub inserted in a split thread and spun

Palmered hackle: ginger rooster neck, over sized to help float the rear of the hook, trim top.

Wing: 2 hen pheasant wing or neck feathers, tied flat

Hackle: ginger rooster saddle

 ... tied and photographed by Doug Korn 

Rubber Legs Stonefly Nymph by John Scott

My friend John Scott over on FAOL forum has a great Rubber Legs Stonefly Nymph* pattern that is a killer out west... I have great luck with it as does John...  I have scaled it down for here in NY to a size #14.  Just another stone to throw at them, simple to tie and different enough from what most folks are using around here.

Hook: 1xl nymph #14 

Thread: 6/0 Uni Black

Weight: lead wrapped foil or black bead

Tail & Legs: orange plastic fruit bag material or small rubber legs 

Body: MFC Micro Lucent Chenille 035-black

*see John's step-by-step here:

RUBBER LEGS STONEFLY NYMPH by John Scott, Lolo MT

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/fotw...tw20100524.php