Paul's December 2021 Fly of the Month

 Garner's White Trash

Hook:  Gamakatsu B10S Size #2 Stinger hook. 

Thread:  12/0 White Waxed.

Eyes:   Large dumbbell eyes, color of choice.

Tail:  White Artic Fox Fur over 4-5 Strands of Pearl Krystal Flash doubled around your thread.

Body:  Wide White Rabbit Zonker Strip.

Collar:  Fluorescent Yellow Palmer Chenille medium length, 6-8 wraps.  

Head (Behind eyes):  Behind the eyes tie in 2 clumps of White Artic Fox, 1 on the top & 1 under the hook shank.  Then, do the same with 2 clumps of Senyo Lazer Dub in Silver Minnow Belly.  Stroke and comb all fibers rearward.

Head (In front of the eyes):  In front of the eyes tie in 4 more clumps of Senyo Lazer Dub in Silver Minnow Belly.  2 on top of the hook shank and 2 on the bottom.  Stroke and comb all fibers rearward. 

This fly was developed by Fly Tyer Garner Reid of the Cohutta Fishing Company.  To tie it place your Gamakatsu B10S Size #2 Stinger hook in the vice.  Begin your thread behind the eye an wrap down to the bend of the hook.  Cut off your tag end.  You are not going to tie in your Large Dumbbell Eyes, just as you would with a traditional clouser.  It should be located a Dumbbell Eye length behind the eye of the hook.  Use figure eight wraps to affix it with a drop of your favorite adhesive.  Next you are going to tie in your Pearl Krystal Flash for your tail.  Take 4-5 strands of Krystal Flash, double it around your thread and tie it down on top of your hook shank.  It should extend 2 hook shank lengths behind the bend of the hook.  At the bend, and on top of your Krystal Flash, tie in a clump of Artic Fox Fur.  It should be half the length of your Krystal Flash.  

Next, take your Texas Cut ‘Wide’ Zonker Strip and measure it on the hook shank so that it will extend the length of the Kristal Flash. To do this, I measure it and mark a point where the hook shank will pass through it.  I then take a bodkin and pierce the hide.  Remove your hook from the vice and put your hook point through the hole you created.   At the end of the Zonker I notch it to create a ‘V’ which points rearward.  With your hook back in the vice, bind down the Rabbit Strip with your thread.  Remember that this fly will fish inverted with the dumbbell eyes on the bottom and the hook point on top.  When you tie it down advance your thread halfway up the hook shank, leaving space behind your eyes to tie in your collar head behind the eyes.  Next, tie in your Yellow Palmer Chenille.  Take 6-8 wraps and then tie it off. 

Behind the eyes tie in 2 clumps of White Artic Fox, 1 on the top & 1 under the hook shank.  Then, do the same with 2 clumps of Senyo Lazer Dub in Silver Minnow Belly.  When you bind down the Lazer Dub, tie it in at the midpoint, then sweep rearward the remaining material. Take thread wraps in front of it to secure it (‘hollow tie technique’).  Stroke and comb all fibers rearward.  In front of the eyes tie in 4 more clumps of Senyo Lazer Dub in Silver Minnow Belly.  2 on top of the hook shank and 2 on the bottom.  Use the same technique to tie in the Lazer Dub that you used behind the eyes.  Stroke and comb all fibers rearward.  Tie off the fly at the hook eye and apply your favorite adhesive.

Gink and Gasoline has a great video on how to tie this fly below:  

If you have any questions about this fly or would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be reached at 203 305-3850 or e-mail me at pdinice@frontier.com .

Paul's November 2021 Bonus Fly of the Month

 Spent Early Smoky-Winged Caddis

 

Hook:  Size #18 1X Dry Fly Hook.

Thread:  Black.

Body:  Brown Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing.

Wing:  Western Caddis Grey EP Trigger Point Fibers or similar wing material.

 Hook:  Size #18 1X Dry Fly Hook.

This is a great spent caddis pattern that floats flat in the surface film.  The design mimics how spent caddis lay splayed on the surface with their two (2) sets of wings.  This fly has caught a lot of trout for me. 

 

To tie this fly, begin by debarbing the hook and placing it in your vice.  Tie in your thread leaving an eye length space behind the eye.  Cut the tag end and wrap back on the shank to the hook point.  Now dub a slender noodle of Brown Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing.  Start your body at the hook bend.  Before wrapping the body with ‘touching’ wraps, twist your dubbing noodle in a clockwise direction.  You want to compress it so that when you wrap forward it results in a tapered segmented body.  Your body should end slightly behind the eye of the hook. 

 

Now take a wrap or two back on the fly body.  Your thread should be approximately an ‘eye length and ½’ behind the hook eye.  Next, cut and prepare a sparse amount of wing material.  For a size #18 fly, the length should be approximately 3” long.  Tie it in on the far side of the hook with 1 ½” extending beyond the hook eye.  Once tied in, form a loop beyond the hook eye and anchor the wing material on the other side of the hook.  After making some securing wings, you might want to apply a small drop of super glue on the thread wraps where the wings intersect. Next dub a small noodle to cover the thread wraps that bind down the fibers.  Now pull the front wing loop back and take a few wraps of thread in front of it.  Do a 4-5 wrap whip finish and trim off your thread.  Pull your wing loop back forward into a horizontal position in front of the eye.  You’re now going to trim the wings of the fly.  Take your rear wings and pull them back.  Trim them off so that they extend just beyond the hook bend.  At the front of the fly simply clip off the top part of the loop to create much smaller wings that point forward.   

 

Tightlinevideo has a great instructional video on how to tie this fly below:

If you have any questions about this fly or would like to submit a Fly of

The Month I can be reached at 203 305-3850 or e-mail me at pdinice@frontier.com .