E-Z Tie Baetis

Burnt Toast Baetis V1

By: Larry O Jurgens

Hook: TMC 2488/2488H

Size: 18~24

Tying Thread: Olive UTC 70

Abdomen: Burnt Toast #942-1265 Sulky® 40wt Embroidery Thread

Wingcase: Pheasant Tail Midge Vinyl Tubing

Thorax: Dark Olive Squirrel Dubbing

Head: Tying Thread

Optional; Sally Hansen Hard as Nails®

Tying Instructions

Start the abdomen thread 2 eye lengths behind the hook eye and wrap to partway down the hook bend and return.

Whip-finish with 3 wraps and cut off the thread.

Optional: Coat the abdomen with Sally Hansen Hard as Nails® for durability.

Start the tying thread behind the hook eye.

Tie in the wingcase material and overwrap to above the hook point.

Dub the thorax from the hook shank mid-point to 1 eye length behind the hook eye.

Pull the wingcase material over the thorax, press down so tubing is flat and tie in.

Cut off excess,

Tie a whip-finish.

Pick some fibers out of the thorax dubbing for legs as needed.

Back to posting, IT HAS BEEN A LOOOONG BUSY SUMMER!!!

Didn't get in nearly as much fishing as I should have. Been to busy with home maintenance projects.
Here we go with an effective baetis/mayfly nymph pattern that is tied a tad differently. 

BT (Bead Thorax) Baetis Pheasant Tail Nymph
Materials;

Hook: TMC 3761, TMC 3769

Size: 14~18

Thread: Olive Dun 6/0 UNI Thread

Tail, Abdomen, Shellback & Legs: Pheasant Tail Feather Barbules

(The barbules used on this pattern have no brown tips and are a natural olive and speckled) See Note

Rib: Brown Copper, Small/Brassie Sized UTC Ultra Wire

Thorax: Brown Olive Cyclops Bead

Head: Tying Thread

Optional: Water Based Head Cement

 Note: DO NOT use Ringneck Pheasant Center Tail Feathers. This pattern uses the “Natural Olive” (No Brown Tips) barbules from the secondary tail feathers for the abdomen, shellback and legs. 

Halo Emerger Variant

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Bottom

Halo Emerger Variant

By: LO Jurgens

Hook: TMC 102Y (Or Tyers Choice)

Size: 15 -19

Thread: Brown 8/0

Tag: Opal Mirage Tinsel

Shuck: Light Gray Antron Yarn Fibers

Abdomen: Gray Olive Superfine Dubbing

Wings: Thin Electronic Packing Foam

Thorax: Gray Olive Superfine Dubbing (Thread For Size 19 & Smaller)

Tuft: Red Or Orange Antron Fibers (Red Shown Here)

Notes: Gary LaFontaine based this unusual design on his underwater observations of hatching mayflies. One of the keys to its effectiveness, he notes, is the orange tuft, and this component should be preserved if the tail and body colors are changed to match other hatches.

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LOJ

A Fly FishingTruth

Two casts from the bank and I’ve got something: a seventy foot pine tree.
            ~ Nick Lyons

Quotation from the book “HOOKED Funny Quotes from Serious Anglers” Edited by Raye Carrington

LoJ’s Trout Crack (A Hallucinogenic Scud)

By: Larry O Jurgens

Hook: TMC 2457 or TMC 2487

Size: 6 ~ 18

Thread: Light Blue or Light Gray 6/0 Danville

Underbody: Gray Antron Dubbing

Overbody: Blue Vinyl Tubing

Rib: Tying Thread

Head: Tying Thread

Note: This pattern is an adaptation of John Wilson's “Trout Crack”.

 Tying Instructions

Start the thread behind the hook eye and wrap a thread base partway down the hook bend.

Tie in the overbody tubing with the rear end extending appx 1/16” beyond the hook bend.

Dub an underbody to 1 eye length behind the hook eye and return.

Note; the underbody thickness is tyers choice.

Move the thread making wide spaced ribs to where you want the rear segment closest to the hook bend location to end.

Pull the overbody tubing forward and tie in.

DO NOT stretch the tubing, e.g., the tubing should have a bubble effect.

Repeat step 5 until you reach 1 eye length behind the hook eye.

Note; try to keep the underbody rib under the center of the overbody ‘bubble’.

Wrap and whip-finish a small neat head under the tubing.

Cut the front tubing even with the front of the hook eye.

Optional; pick out the dubbing on the bottom of the underbody for legs.

JAWD-40

By: LO Jurgens

Hook: TMC 2487

Size: 16 ~ 26

Thread: Blue Dun UTC 70

Tail: Natural Barred Mallard Flank

Abdomen: Thread Wrapped Over Tail Material

Thorax: UV Gray Ice Dub

Wingcase: Tail Material Pulled Over Thorax

Head: Tying Thread

Optional: Sally Hansen Hard as Nails® (Applied To The Abdomen)

 Note: This pattern is just another version of the venerable WD-40. San Juan River guide Mark Engler developed the WD-40 fly in the mid 1980’s while fishing the Frying Pan and South Platte Rivers. He developed it specifically to imitate large emerging midges he found on the Frying Pan in February, but has since discovered that it works for midges of all sizes and for Baetis mayflies as well.