David is an old style guy who has been tying flies longer than most. I enjoy watching him and thought it would be good to use David’s videos as I get quite camera shy for some reason I have never figured out. Watch David tie a chironomidae or as David calls them, ‘Buzzers’.
You won’t need much for materials:
Hook Buzzer 10, 12, 14.
Body Black tying thread.
Thorax Black tying thread.
Rib Silver wire.
Take your time and do a good job. Your Buzzer should produce for a long time now, have fun on the water.
Are you amazed at how well a good artificial trout fly holds up and attracts trout? It is pretty cool and I was certainly impressed the first time I did any fly fishing for trout.
Have you ever tied a trout fly or any fly for that matter? If you haven’t you are missing out on an awesome hobby to go right along with your fishing hobby.
Ha, after I tied my first trout fly and actually catch trout with it I started tying my own trout flies. I also put away my spinning rod for a couple of years.
Tying flies for your fly fishing trips is pretty easy, if you start with simple but effective trout flies. I started with a couple of dry flies that only had a few items and that we of course simple to tie.
It’s been so long ago I don’t actually remember what the name of that trout fly was but I do remember what I tied it using.
a mustad hook about size 12.
black thread, right from my wife’s sowing kit.
a couple of brown hen hackle, very common colour for dry flies.
brown fur or yarn
a few fibres from the brown hackle for the tail of the trout fly
That was it, a very simple fly to tie and it stayed on the top of the water where I wanted it to and it caught lots of brook trout.
I like fly fishing with a Mickey Finn for early season Atlantic salmon, and they are pretty easy to tie, even for a fly tying beginner.
Wanna give tying a Mickey Finn a try? Excellent, you can watch the video below which will give you an idea of the materials you will need and a visual on how to create the fly step by step.
Here is a list of the materials you will need to tie your own Mickey Finn salmon fly.
Black Thread
Oval Tinsel
Flat Tinsel – silver side showing
Yellow Bucktail
Red Bucktail
Note: If you don’t feel like tying this fly your self you can always order your own, just follow the link to Mickey Finn and you will see wide selection of artificial flies for your fly fishing pleasure. Just use the search box to find the Mickey Finn and you are ready to go.
I love fishing for pickerel with my spinning rod and a few top water baits for the weeds. I like doing the same thing for bass but then there are times that I like to take my fly rod and a few deer hair mouse flies or a deer hair rat.
It amazes me just how fast pickerel attack a fly, even in the weeds. I have even had them come clear out of the water to grab that fly. Not much gets past their field of view that’s for certain. Although a slight breeze can come up and it’s as if they go blind and deaf until it stops blowing.
My goal this year is to tie myself and Jamie a few flies that fit the profile of a mouse or rat and let Jamie have a go at fly fishing for some pickerel. I am sure it’s an experience he won’t soon forget. I certainly haven’t forgotten the first pickerel I caught on the fly, even though I was fishing for trout at the time. It was quite a fight for the size of that pickerel and had me coming back many times for more excitement.
I have tied a few deer hair mouse flies but it’s been about 15 years or so. They lasted a good long time but it’s time to tie up a few more for the coming fishing season. I just have to get that corner hutch to be able to setup my fly tying station in my office. I will be able to just swivel my chair and start tying. It’s just that a few other high priority things have had my attention lately.
One thing that is important when tying your own mouse or rat and that is to be sure you add a weed guard so that you can trim the mouse/rat so that the bottom is pretty flat and sits upright in the water.
I also don’t bother with the little eyes and ears as I don’t think the pickerel sees these features on the top of the mouse. That way I can tie a whole lot more of them.
and you will see wide selection of artificial flies for your fly fishing pleasure. Just use the search box to find the Mickey Finn and you are ready to go.
