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Brown Bivisible

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Published on Sep 21. 2016 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

Dry flies

Hackle

Beginner Fly

Dressing:
Hook: Gamakatsu F11b #12
Hackle: 1 Brown & 1 White

Amo: Gamakatsu F11b #12
Hackle: 1 Brown & 1 Bianca

Originator

Umberto Oreglini

Originator's web site

Down By The River

Hackle Wings

Shaped and Stacked; Using Rooster Hackle to Form Dry Fly Wings.
Dry fly wings...Typical materials are...
1.) Quill Slips

Dec 18. 2024

Bibio Dyret

We all know the original Dyret pattern from Gunnar Bingen, but heres a pattern that I have been playing with the past two seasons that has been a killer for wild brown trout.

Aug 12. 2024

Superpuppan

Superpuppan is originally one of Swedish Lennart Bergqvist's classics, tied to imitate caddisflies that have risen to the surface and are on their way to land to hatch.

Feb 1. 2003

Tying Flies the Paraloop Way

My first thought was probably the same as yours - what is "paraloop"? Paraloop is part technique, part style. Take a piece of a parachute, a bit of a thorax dun, and some thoughts of a comparadun, mix, and you'll arrive at a paraloop.

May 22. 2024

Photographing Floating Flies

Getting a decent macro image of a dry fly sitting on water is one of the hardest shots to pull off

Nov 11. 2023

Sillikix

I like rubber legs on dry flies. Their suggestion of something edible is the fish equivalent of ringing a dinner gong.

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