RS2 Emerger

RS2 Emergers I believe were originally tied to match the hatch on trico hatches. They can be tied very small, down to size 30 even if you can find hooks that small (or want to even fish that small). So naturally, being so small, many people started using them for midge hatches as well. I personally used these often on the San Juan river in New Mexico where the fish eat midges all day long. The fish aren't shy to people, but are very picky with your fly size. Many times I would have to size down to a 26 or 28 just to entice a strike. I started tying these without tails with pretty good success. Another hatch that these worked very well for me on that river was BWO (blue wing olive) hatches. Like trico's, BWO's are in the mayfly family and are also very small, at least on that river. Most of the BWO's were in the 20-24 size range so this fly worked great to mimic them. I know of people tying these much larger as well, to fish larger mayfly and baetis hatches, but that is something I never did. I found this fly was right at home in the small sizes, and its relatively simplistic nature made tying these tiny flies much easier than say a Parachute Adams.

RS2's can float on the surface if you're really careful with presentation, especially if fished behind another dry fly that is more buoyant. However I find this shines as more an emerger, sitting right below the water film. Letting it sink slightly was never an issue, and in all honesty, would tend to get me more strikes than many dry flies sitting directly on the surface. When trout were rising for the emerging hatch, I guess maybe they would see these just under the surface easier than flies on top? Who knows the reason. But I tended to never add floatant to these, and just let them sink a little. The CDC wing and dubbing body would trap some air bubbles and keep it from sinking too quickly. Another great use for this fly was to actually sink it behind a heavy lead fly. I would fish this behind Perdigons regularly to get down to the bottom. The CDC wing would trap air, and keep it bouncing around above the river bed, reducing snags, and of course the perdigons, being tied on jig hooks would also not snag as easily.

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Materials
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Hooks: Risen Barbless Dry Fly 100 (size 20) - https://www.risenfly.com/collections/hooks/products/barbless-dry-fly-100
Thread: Veevus 16/0 (black) - https://amzn.to/3ECDHNY
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Dubbing: UV2 Fine and Dry (black) - https://flyfishsd.com/products/uv2-fine-and-dry-dubbing?variant=9378468…
Wing: CDC Oiler Puff (white) - https://amzn.to/3EFRm6T
Resin: Solarez Ultra Thin - https://solarez.com/fly-tie-ultra-thin-bone-dry-clear.html

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Bobbin: Stonfo Bobtec - https://amzn.to/2YWOf39
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UV Light: Solarez High Output - https://solarez.com/uv-cure-flashlight-high-output.html

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