Tying Small FliesMidge larvae and pupae, tiny parachutes, floating nymphs, micro scuds, tiny antsChoosing the right hook, thread, wire, and amount of weight for small flies plus 75 patterns, including Brassie, RS-2, Renegade, Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear, Griffith's GnatForeword by John GierachTaking trout on lightweight rods with flies as small as size 20 and 30 is a challenge. Learn to imitate midges' trailing shucks and drowned adults, tie tiny parachutes and white-winged Tricos, and create patterns that mimic microcaddis and micro scuds. Engle covers small-fly history, tying tools, and materials. Tips on fishing techniques come from Ed Engle's 30 years of experience fishing small flies on the South Platte River. |
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Hanging by a Thread | 17 |
A Little Flash | 25 |
Wired | 37 |
Getting Down Weight for Small Flies | 46 |
Midge Larvaeand Midge Pupae | 52 |
Midges on Top and in the Surface Film | 66 |
Tritos | 117 |
Floating Nymphs | 136 |
Micro caddis | 145 |
Micro scuds | 158 |
Tiny Ants | 168 |
Tiny Simple Old New and Effective SmallFly Patterns | 181 |
Guides Choice | 204 |
Poor Mans CDC | 213 |
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abdomen anglers Antron Baetis base bead beaver blue-winged olive body Brassie buckskin caddisfly CDC barbs clip the excess color to match copper wire Daiichi dry fly dry-fly hook Dub the thorax dubbing ball emerging feather fibers fish Floating Nymph fly fishers fly fishing fly tiers fly tying fly-tying foam goose biot guard hairs hackle hackle barbs hair Hare's Ear hatch head hook eye hook shank imitations larvae match the natural mayfly microcaddis midge larva midge patterns midge pupa muskrat Mustad Mylar parachute Partridge peacock herl pheasant-tail poly yarn polypropylene pull quill rear scud simple sizes 18 small hooks small-fly patterns smaller snowshoe-hare South Platte River spinner Spirit River Step strands strip surface film synthetic dubbing tail tailwaters thorax tied Tiemco TMC tiny tippet tips trailing shuck Trico spinner Trim trout tying small flies tying thread water's surface Wind wraps of thread Z-Lon
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