Published Aug 13. 2024 - 3 weeks ago
Updated or edited Aug 13. 2024

Good All-Round Dry Fly for Midge/Caddis/ Beetles

Related content


Narova Foam Beetle

Shark's Wasp

Domestic Fly
Dry flies
Foam
Midges
Terrestrials

Materials Used;

Hook, Fulling Mill Short Shank Special size 12
Thread, Fire Orange Uni-8/0
Tag, Fire Orange Uni-8/0
Legs, Dyed Orange Pre-Knotted Pheasant Tail Fibres
Body, Olive Wapsi HD Foam Cut to 3mm
Body, Light Olive UV Euro Nymph Dubbing from Fulling Mill
Wing, Dyed Yellow or Olive Roe Deer Hair or Similar
Head, FNF Fry Gold Flash Dubbing

Originator: 
Davie McPhail
Submitter: 
Martin Joergensen
.

Log in or register to pre-fill name on comments, add videos, user pictures and more.
Read more about why you should register.
 

Please notice that some of the links in the video descriptions may be affiliate, which means that they can link to web shops, which pay the video producer a commission (also known as "affiliate revenue") when a viewer clicks a link and buys a product.
The Global FlyFisher does NOT make any money from these links or purchases!
You can support the Global FlyFisher directly here, if you feel like it.

Related content

Based on these keywords | Dry flies | Terrestrials | Midges | Foam |
Article

Narova Foam Beetle

Russian Dmitri Tseliaritski's Narova foam dry fly is an easy and robust pattern template for terrestrials, beetles in particular
Article

Shark's Wasp

Bulgarian fly tyer and fly angler Radoslav Kiskinov takes another stab at imitating a terrestrial insect - this time the wasp - and with usual skill he manages to produce a very life-like fly. Bulgarian anglers and Bulgarian fish love it.
Article

Domestic Fly

The common housefly is indeed... eh.... common, and an obvious insect to imitate. Bulgarian Radoslav Kiskinov has made a simple but very efficient pattern imitating Musca domestica using foam, raffia and peacock herl, which will catch several species when fished dry.

Since you got this far …


The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.

See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.