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| Fly recipe Hook: Dry Fly or Emerger (Dai Riki #305 #310) Size # 16-22 Thread: Olive 8/0 Uni Thread Body: BWO Turkey Biot or Olive Thread or Superfine Dubbing Wing: Grey, Brown, or White Polypropylene Yarn Head: BWO Superfine Dubbing Tying instructions: Step 1: Secure your hook in the vise and attach the thread to the hook. Step 2: Tie in several strands of the antron onto the tail of the hook. Wrap the thread evenly over the antron to secure the strands. Step 3: Once the tail is secure you can either tie in a turkey biot for your body, dub your thread, or simply wrap the thread forward to the front ¼ of the hook. Step 4: Once you have your body formed, it is time to tie in the polypropylene yarn. This can be done different ways, and I won't argue with you if you have "your way." But the best way I have found is to tie the yarn in criss cross. So criss cross your thread so that the yarn lays out perpendicular on both sides to the hook. Step 5: After doing this, lift both sides of the poly fibers up and wrap around the base of them forming a parachute post. You only need 4-5 wraps along the bottom, you don't want the thread wraps to form much above the hook. Step 6: Now that your post has been formed, it is time to dub the front of the head. Use a small fine dubbing, my personal favorite is Davy Wotton Minky Dubbing in an olive. It's a bit more expensive, but it dubs down so fine you can form smaller heads on size 20 and smaller flies. So dub behind and in front of the post, taking care not to create a huge head on your small fly, just enough to cover the thread and polypropylene at the base. Step 7: Whip finish and add head cement if you like. Now trim the polypropylene off leaving roughly 1/8-1/4". Now take these fibers and fan them out to the sides creating your comparadun type wing. Step 8: Finally I like to add some Watershed to all of my dry flies as it keeps them floating higher right out of the box. Apply and let dry for 24 hours. ********************Due to the size of this fly, use caution not to use too much thread or dubbing*************************** Notes: This is an easy way to tie up a bunch of BWO's for your fly box, you can change the color scheme and create sulphurs or PMD's too. The polypropylene is easy to work with, won't soak like natural fibers, and once it starts to sink on you, pop it into your dry shake and voila, it's ready to catch more fish. This is far and away one of my favorite BWO imitations and I have used it successfully on all of the local area spring creeks as well as the East Gallatin and Yellowstone. For finicky fish I use a brownish or grayish wing with the biot body, it works like a charm. An interesting twist to this bug is to change the color of the poly wing, or add in a florescent color in the middle to make it a hi-vis bug. |
