Semi Realistic Dragonfly Nymph This is a fishable Semi Realistic Dragonfly nymph that I developed in 2009… the nymph was tied with a commercial transparent acrylic doubled side tape. Materials: Hook – Gamakatsu S11-4L size 8 Inner body – lead wire, foam and 3M surgery tape Tail – Biot Abdomen and body – Transparent Acrylic […]
Jointed Damsel Nymph ( JDN ) This is a very simple jointed nymph pattern that use very minimum material and simple steps The Materials: Hook – TMC 2488 size 10 Abdomen – Wire frame with Ostrich Palm fiber Thorax and Legs – Pheasant Tail fiber Eye – Burn mono eye Belly and body – Lead […]
Foam Caddis Pupae Material: Abdomen – 2mm thick close cell foam Abdomen hair – Ostrich Palm fiber Leg and Wing Case – Pheasant Tail fiber Thorax – 2mm thick close cell foam Head and eye – foam eye profile with Loon Hard Head Belly – Dubbing Lead and markers Step by step tying instructions: Put […]
Foam Wasp This is a simple foam pattern imitate the Wasps. A terrestrial pattern for freshwater. The tying method are combine technique of foam hopper and Cicada X. Material: Abdomen – 2mm thick foam Hook – TMC 2312 size 8 – 12 Wings – Vinyl raffia coat with soft cement Legs – Rubber legs Thorax […]
Foam Caddis Pupae Caddis Pupae / Pupa pattern is widely tie by fly tier around the world, in Soft Hackle Wet Fly, Sparkle Pupa and Emergent Sparkle Pupa pattern.. They are mostly dead drift on the surface or in the bottom. The pupal stage of the caddis is feed selectively by trout during the hatches, […]
Kalkatu Fly ( Jungle Flying Termite ) I think most fisherman who are from tropical country share the same experience like me, seeing the hatch of the jungle termite… the flying termite army. Where we saw lots of fishes raised to grab those juicy termite. This is a pattern imitate our Kalkatu ( Jungle […]
Popping Hopper This is a pattern inspired by a Balsa popper pattern that posted in the Flytyer Magazine… It’s a soft foam body hopper pattern that use a soft body pencil popper from Wapsi.. most ideal hook to use is Gamakatsu B10S. I’m tying it in hook size 4 match with popper same size. but […]
Foam Damselfly Nymph This is one of my foam pattern on nymph… I’m exploring nymph pattern in foam cos I believe this will help in exploring different water dept by using different fly line… The concept is simple… Floating line – the fly will float on surface.. perhaps like an emerging nymph.. Sink tip – […]
Spent Wings Foam Damselfly Material: Tail / abdomen – Cylinder Foam Wings – Dun Rooster Neck heckle Legs – Pheasant tail fibers Thorax – 2mm thick foam Eye – Loon Hard Head Dubbing to split the wings and legs Hook – B10S size 8 Step by step tying instructions: Tie in the abdomen […]