55 on the fly

I've been tying a bunch of these little buggers lately... Depending on the number of insects on the surface of the water, I like to fish this mayfly spinner as a dropper fly both on the surface and below.  I like to go the opposite.  If there are a lot of insects floating spent on the surface, then I fish this fly as a drowned BWO.  If there are only a few mayfly spinners on the surface, then I float this fly.  I don't want my fly to compete with the hundreds of real spinners available, I want the odds in my favor, so should you! BWO Spinner size #22 tied and photographed by Doug Korn materials list: hook: size #22 dry thread: MFC olive 8/0 tails: micro brush fibers body: MFC olive thread 8/0 wings: Needloft yarn in white - which will be a reflective clear in the water. thorax: DK#4 olive dubbing

A simple fly to tie with a sighting post making it more visible to the angler.  Wings are tied in on top of shank, with the back portion divided forming the wings. The front portion is used to then form the post. Rear view of post and wings.

I was having a little fun today, practicing some fly tying with Davie McPhail , even though Davie is in Scotland.  Isn't the internet wonderful? My tie of Davie McPhail's most recent creation, the Quilled River Diawl-Bach. see McPhail tie it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0R4vOQQj3g&feature=g-high-u The Web It's still amazing to me that I can sit at home and tie flies along with some of the very best fly-tiers in the world with just the push of a button.  Fly-tiers like; Davie McPhail, Matt Grobert, Tim Flagler, Oliver Edwards, Bob Jacklin, Craig Mathews as-well-as many other guides and fly-tiers from around the world sharing their skills and their favorite flies.  Most have freely given of their time and talents to produce these videos for us to enjoy and to learn from and ask nothing in return, hoping for only some kind comments as payment for their efforts.  Others are produced to try and sell us something like; new products, fl...