Where To Now?

[stoby1]

I've been tying flies a couple of years now and can do a reasonable job of the standards i.e. pheasant tail, prince, paraduns, klinks, woolies etc. I now have a huge supply of these patterns. I think I'm ready to try something a bit more challenging. Does anyone have a couple of suggestions, preferably useful on the Bow.

Cheers

stoby1

 

[ironfly]

How are you at spinning hair? The Bow River Bugger has been very successful for me in coloured water with a sink-tip.

[flyfishy]

Ask mister Flyfishy he may know !

[Bigtoad]

I'd go with foam chernobyl ant type stuff with rubber legs. They're a ton of fun to tie and once you use foam on one thing, you'll be trying it on others as well. Works like a damn on the Bow too.

 

Cheers.

[murray]

For nymphs, try some of the stonefly patterns, black brown and yellow. Prince nymph is good also as well as Evil Weevil.

For drys give a stimulator a try and maybe Adams and any parachute pattern.

 

Murray

[whataniceguy]

Try some stimmies in traditional or foam either way they work. Tie them large and small, the small ones will double as a caddis.