Mayflies

A type of flying insects with aquatic larval stages. AKA Ephemeroptera.

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Combover Mar 17. 2022 Tonsorial The Combover is a generic mayfly nymph imitation. It gets its name from the hairstyle, now thankfully rarely seen. See how to tie it here	Einars’ Vulgata Emerger Mar 11. 2021 Floating This emerger pattern uses CDC and foam to create the floating thorax that’s typical of emerging insects See the pattern here
Euro BWOs Revisited Apr 14. 2020 Imitations In our continuous effort to obtain better and more practical mayfly imitations, we discovered a few new and simple solutions. Much more here.	CDC Loop Wing Foam Emerger Dec 28. 2018 Floating A simple and very hard-to-sink emerger from Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski See how to tie it here

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Video Split Three Tails Jul 29. 2022 Another short video of how to split (fork) three tails.	Video Mayfly Wet May 20. 2022 This is not a traditional Irish Lough Mayfly pattern as it is dressed in a lighter manner than it’s big wave surfing cousins.	Video Tofting's CDC Mayfly May 20. 2022 The largest mayfly in Scandinavia are the Ephemera Danica and it’s stillwater relative, the E. vulgata. They are the same size, and the Vulgata tend to be a little darker than the Danica.
Video Golden Olive Dynamite Harry Apr 7. 2022 The Original Dressing of the Dynamite Harry was tyed by Jorgen Danielsson of Sweden...	Video Spring Olive Emerger Mar 30. 2022 This is a very effective Emerger for Spring Season, Hook size 12 Thread Olive Post Olive Deer Hair Body Dubbing from the same Deer Hair Patch with Holo Ribs	Video Regan's Mayfly Spinner Mar 30. 2022 A very interesting Mayfly spinner pattern that puts deer hair to good use for both the body and the wing post.
Video March Brown Nymph Mar 30. 2022 With it being the first day of Spring today, I thought a little March Brown clinger nymph would be appropriate. This is an easy tie that fishes up side down.	Video CDC Mayfly Dun Mar 30. 2022 An extremely effective Hi-Viz, Hi-floating CDC mayfly dun. This little pattern has a few interesting techniques that help make this a deadly choice on the end of your line during mayfly time.	Video Green Drake Buffet, Episode 2 Season 2 Mar 24. 2022 Big Brown Trout Eating Green Drake Dry Flies. Series Overview:
Article Combover Mar 17. 2022 Tonsorial The Combover is a generic mayfly nymph imitation. It gets its name from the hairstyle, now thankfully rarely seen. See how to tie it here	Video Muddle & Bubble May Dry Flies Mar 15. 2022 This an an edited version of a 11Mar22 Zoom session on tying the Muddle May dry fly and it's cousin, the Bubble May.	Video E French Mar 1. 2022 Mauro Raspini's MayFly Imitation.
Video French Partridge Mayfly Feb 17. 2022 The French Partridge mayfly is just such a nice fly imo. Perfect for catching brown trout during may fly season. It floats very well, mimics the real thing real good and sets the hook well.	Video Rough Hare's Ear Nymph Feb 1. 2022 It is probably the most all-round and iconic nymph there is - and a fly you absolutely must have in your nymph-box when the target is trout or graylings.	Video Mayfly Stillborn Jan 12. 2022 A very useful general purpose pattern, especially during prolific hatches, that you can easily match to the hatch by changing the colour combination of the moose mane body hairs.

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