"Several years ago, I set aside a certain category for those things that reach so deeply and so successfully into first principles, that one's trust in them is absolute. Among them are brown trout, the Grateful Dead, and Blue Wing Olives."
Ted Leeson, The Habits of Rivers, 1994
There is nothing more therapeutic to get one through the cabin fever months than to tie up some blue wings at the vice and daydream about watching a wild brown sip new duns on a cloudy afternoon.
Here's the latest batch that will find a home on the end of my tippet this spring.
Nymphs:
Hot spot |
BH Flashback |
Mercury Baetis |
As close as it gets... |
Emergers / Duns
BWO Emerger |
BWO RS2 |
BWO Cripple |
BWO SS Biot Emerger |
BWO SS Sparkle Emerger |
Spinners
Rusty Hackle Spinner |
Spinner |