Dragonfly Nymph Similar technique tying the Swimming Damsel… I replace the Furry foam with Chenille and copper wire with Vinyl D-rib… Material List : Bend nymph hook Mono eye Flexi skin Copper wire Chenille SLF Dubbing Pheasant tail fibers Marker, lead wire and Surgical tape Step by step tying instruction: Prepare the thread base Tie […]
MagicHead Baitfish A friend asked me, can you tie a Airhead pattern… I said, I will try… So this is my version of a hollow head baitfish pattern which I call MagicHead Baitfish, which a bit similar with the Airhead pattern. It’s simple to tie… Material list : Marc Petitjean Magic Head SF Blend Polar […]
Micro Copper Pupae Tie this little pupae on a size 14 hook… fish as a dropper from a hopper… works great for Grayling in Mongolia recently. I think… the size does matter in the river we fish, and the rubber legs and sparkling effect of the dubbing does catch some attention Material List : Olive […]
Sparkling Pupae The Material List Any heavy Caddis Pupae hook, here I use TMC 2457 Vinyl rib small olive color Pearl sheet Pheasant Tail fiber Goose Biot Peacock herl Dubbing Diamond UV resin – fine 3M surgical tape, lead wire and marker Step by step tying instructions: Prepare the hook Wind in some […]
Extended Abdomen Foam Cricket Looks like September is the Cricket month… I have put up all my cricket pattern in one shoot… 🙂 The technique for tying this cricket pattern is very similar with the EA Stonefly X.. just combine that with my Cricket V2 or V3… you will get this. Material: Pheasant tail fiber […]
Foam Cricket V3 Materials: Pheasant tail fiber for Antenna and knob legs Close cell foam – Black, Brown, Tan or Yellow Tape Wing or Hen Saddle ( cemented ) as Wings Hook – Gamakatsu B10S size 8 and 6 ( specially for Malaysian fish ) / TMC 2302 ( for trout ) Goose biots for […]
Foam Extended Abdomen Stonefly X Version 2.0 Tis is another variation of my Stonefly X pattern… simplified the steps and quicker tying for fishing, with a rounder abdomen, higher floatation… but overall the idea are similar… The Stonefly X with floating yarn as wing The Stonefly X 2.0 with additional foam at belly for extra […]
Foam Extended Abdomen Stonefly X Picture of Stonefly from the website Material List: 2mm Close Cell foam Barred rubber legs Goose biot Pheasant Tail fibers Polypropylene Floating Yarn Dubbing Daiichi 1167 Klinkhamer Hook size 8 and 10 Step by step tying instructions: Prepare a sewing needle.. wind in some thread Cut 2 pcs of […]
Articulate Burrowing Foam Nymph V2.0 Re-look into the old pattern, this one is much easier to tie, playing with Palmer Chenille as the gills which the ‘blink blink’ effect may looks like air bubbles trap at the abdomen.. Image from the net on the nymph Materials: Palmer Chenille by Wapsi 1.5mm thick close cell foam […]