Mayflies

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

Mayflies - videos

Video Muskrat Nymph Mar 30. 2020 A little variant of Andre Puyan's famous Muskrat mayfly nymph. Hook: Mustad S60 nymph hook # 8-14 Tying thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown Tail: Moose body hair	Video BWO CDC Emerger Mar 17. 2020 One of the flies I must have in the boxes. Easy to tie and extremely effective on all rivers.	Video Last Chance Cripple Feb 28. 2020 Last Chance Cripples mimic an emerging mayfly (PMD to be exact) that has a crippled wing or cannot emerge from its casing.
Video Spent Green Drake Feb 26. 2020 Another technique for a spent mayfly.	Video Mayfly Emerger Feb 24. 2020 A real quick and effective mayfly emerger that is a great pattern to have when the hatch is on. Just adjust the hook size and colour to match your hatch.	Video Paraloop & CDC March Brown Feb 21. 2020 A great river fly with a little different hackle technique, that results in a nice wing effect and realistic footprint.
Video Foam Body Mayfly Feb 19. 2020 A foam extended body mayfly with a parachute hackle that will float all day long and then some.	Video Danica Mayfly Nymph Feb 19. 2020 A nice, not so difficult semi realistic nymph, for one of the largest mayflies. This one has a couple of good techniques that you can use in other patterns.	Video March Brown Mayfly Jan 25. 2020 This fly is a mayfly dry fly and imitates a March Brown Mayfly. This is a great dry fly for fly fishing during a mayfly hatch.
Video Yellow May Jan 15. 2020 A quick but easy, semi realistic size 12 yellow mayfly dun with Wally wings. Another good looking pattern that illustrates a few techniques that can be put to good use, in other patterns.	Video Reversed Parachute Mayfly Dec 9. 2019 A reversed parachute mayfly tied on a swimming nymph hook, that will give a very natural presentation. It can be fished as a dun or cripple and includes a few interesting techniques.	Video BWO Last Chance Cripple Dec 5. 2019 Rene Harrop's Last chance cripple is an excellent option when fish are selectively picking off crippled or emerging mayfly.