Jigs for early season

In March and April is very cold outside  so you need a flies that goes very fast in the feeding area.

A great solution for me is to use nymph tied on jig hooks.

A newbie fisherman will ask why jigs? It is  simple: because  they don’t snag on the bottom very easy and because  these flies tied on jig hooks swim with the point  up.

Models are not complicated at all but in the rivers with high fishing  pressure you have to  be creative. A GRHE fly can be modified  a little bit using UV ribbing materials or holo tinsel.

Bellow you can find a step be step and a few models that I use  in cold, high  and muddy  waters:

Another  jig for muddy waters:

This one  is made  with Pure CDC Dubbing from Trout Line because CDC have more movement in waters than standard dubbing. I use this fly in deep poles with slow running waters.

Another series of  jig flies can be found here.

happy tying,

Lucian

 

Another deadly nymph

I love to tie using catgut because the colors,  texture,  the final aspect of the flies are unique.

Bellow you can find another fly with a special place in my fly boxes:

Materials:

Hook: Demmon DGH BL  #10-12

Thread: 8/0 Standard from Textreme

Body Thread: Cream Devaux body thread

Body: Catgut – in natural color

Torax: seal fur mixed with black rabbit dubbing

Bead: gold or black  tungsten bead

Demmon Barbless Hooks

Demmon Barbless Hooks are made in Japan and it seems to be a great success on the market.

I tested all the  models and quality seems to be  high: great wire,  very sharp points and great shapes:

Demmon DGH 900 BL:

Eye – Down
Wire- 1xStrong
Lenght-1x Short
Bend- Reversed
Shape-Curved
Forged
Finish- Black Nickel
Point: long and barbless

This model is for buzzers, nymphs and Italian wet flies

demmon fly hooks

Demmon DGS 900 BL:

Eye – Down
Wire- Standard
Lenght-1x Short
Bend- Reversed
Shape-Curved
Forged
Finish- Black Nickel
Point: long and barbless

This model is for light buzzers, light nymphs, emergers and para flies.

Demmon DSD 100 BL

Eye – Down
Wire- Standard
Lenght-Standard
Bend- Wide Gape
Shape-Straight Shank
Forged
Finish- Black Nickel
Point: long, curved inside and barbless

This model is for dry flies, emergers, wet flies and light nymphs

 

Demmon DSD 110 BL

Eye – Down
Wire- Standard
Lenght-Standard
Bend- Round
Shape-Straight Shank
Forged
Finish- Black Nickel
Point: long and barbless

This model is used for dry flies,  wet flies and emergers. Can be used as well for light nymphs.

 

Demmon DSD 120 BL

Eye – Down
Wire- Standard
Lenght-1xLong
Bend- Round
Shape-Straight Shank
Forged
Finish- Black Nickel
Point: long and barbless

DSD 120 BL can be used for terrestrials,  stone flies and nymphs.

Try them and you’ll not regret :)

 

 

The Italian Job- the olive cdc emerger

I know this fantastic fly from an Italian friend. I use this fly  for Winter grayling fishing. It is one of the best dry fly that I use in this period.

Materials:

Hooks: Demmon G900 BL #16-18

Thread: Textreme Pure Silk in olive, light olive, medium olive colors

Wing: CDC Khaki Campbell

Hackle: Whiting Brahma Hackle – one turn

 

PT Variants for Grayling

Here are 3 flies for grayling that I use  to fish in  Central and East Europe:

Orange Neck Pheasant Tail Variant – is popular all European Countries  like ( France, Spain, Italy,  Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Romania )

Orange Torax Pheasant Tail Variant is  popular in  Central Eastern Countries ( Czech and Slovack Republics, Poland and Romania )

Back Orange Phasant Tail Variant – is popular in Central Europe and Italy

…and  all of them ready for fishing

 

Quill Baetis

This fly is one of the best nymph for fishing grayling using french style of nymphing.

For fishing trout I recommend to apply a layer of UV Resin from Deer Creek. In this way the body will be indestructible.

Materials:

Hooks: Maruto Dohitomi D82 BL size #16

Thread: 17/0 Uni Thread

Body: hand cleaned peacock quill -natural color

Tail: nutria guard hair -dark natural

Torax: mad rabbit dubbing in natural and yellow mixed

Legs: hen mottled barbs from Brahma hen

Back: cream and olive body thread from Devaux

 

happy tying :)

Lucian