Ben’s Salmon Fly
This is a variation of the Mini-Hopper that seems to have taken on the identity of a salmonfly. I would love to know what you think and I believe I will need a name.
Material List:
– Size 10 Hopper Terrestrial Hook
– 6/0 Uni-Thread
– Dubbing (my personal favorite is the Hare-Tron Dubbing
– Goose Biots
– Ribbing – on several I used a copper wire, but a few got some haloshimmer tinsel instead
– Orange Antron for the underwing
– Deer Hair for the wing
– Silly legs
– 2mm Foam
– Something for the post – foam or in this case I had some white polypropylene handy
Wrap the thread back to the curve.
Add a little block of dubbing for a base.
Tie in biots.
Tie in wire. Wrap forward and tie in foam (roughly a quarter inch wide).
Dub body forward.
Wrap rib forward and secure antron underwing
Tie in deer hair wing.
Dub rest of body and secure foam.
Add legs. In my demo I did not add the post. I think the post will help the fly to be more visible and I believe that foam or poly-yarn will do the trick.
If you tie some up, I would love to hear how they work for you. Thanks for looking.
yum!
That’s the reaction I’m going for. If by some miracle I do end up catching the Salmonfly hatch, I think I’ll need to tie some bigger. Glad you approve.
Ben
That copper rib and brown dubbing is a cool contrast on a dry and quite frankly, a great fly. *Thumbs up*!
Thanks David. I need some help from you and Mike on a name. “Ben’s Salmonfly” seems a little weak…
That is a lot of weight on our shoulders! I’m not great at naming flies. hmmmm… Narcyssistic? Eh? Narcy from Pteronarcy and give the fly a mirror and it will eat itself? That’s all I got man. Most of my flies are like “chiro, V4, goose, ice, red/brown” or “elk caddis, V2, rust, summer/fall”
I know David. I’m asking alot of you guys. Narcissistic is going in the hat too. We’ll see what else I can come up with. Thanks for the help man.
Ben
poly post is good idea. I grab a calftail wing haired dry as often as anything else.
why?
because I can see it.
you’ve got a trude-ish or trude-y wing.
“trudi’s stone”
w/ a nod to the charlie daniels band “trudi.”
cool simple and quick fly. because it’s simple and quick it qualifies as a guide fly.
I’d like to see some black and maybe just mebbe a touch or two of orange in the body. I’ve done as well with bigass orange stimis w/ grizz hackle as I have with foam.
I’ve said enough.
Glad you give it a nod of approval Mike. I am thinking about adding some more orange and black too. I think you are on to something. Trudi’s stone is going in the hat. We’ll see what I end up with. I guess I should probably fish it first to see if it works. Thanks again.
Ben
This is a great tutorial. Let me know how they work out for you!
Thanks Stephanie. I appreciate the kind words. I hope they work too…
Ben
Nice looking fly!
You could call it Smith’s Stonehopper.
Thanks Matt. I dig that name to. I could get used to that…
Ben