Fishing

Photo Courtesy of Andy Kim This chronomid only hatches during the spring and fall, according to legendary guide and fish magnet, Andy Kim. But it doesn't have to be the prevalent insect in the water for trout to take your fly resembling it, as "sometimes big fish look for big meals," says Andy. The fly is killing it on our local waters and has become my daughter's favorite fly, not only to tie but to fish. You can buy the fibers from Andy to tie yourself, or better yet, just buy the flies from Andy at http://www.fly-fish.com/ because for only $3 each, you can't go wrong. And, take a lesson while you at it with Andy, because there is lot more to his success than simply copying his fly recipes. His method and skills are worth the costs of going back to him again and again, as you always pick up a little more each time, even for this seasoned angler. Tiemco 200R, size 18 and 20. Use red 8/0 thread and make about 4-5 wraps at the eye of the hook, after twisting bobbin counterclockwise about 20 times to make it lie flat on the hook. Tie in a Blondie AK Fiber on the near side of the hook and wrap to the bend. Wrap thread forward in ribs, spacing one wrap for every two thread wraps on the way back, so as to not make the fly body too thick. Stop at halfway point of fly and half hitch the thread. Wrap Blondie AK Fiber forward to halfway point and tie off with 2-3 wraps and cut off fiber. Twist red thread clockwise to make it a little thicker rope and wrap forward

The Hooker is a pheasant tail based nymph pattern devised by Rim Chung about 20 years ago. He ties it in brown with copper wire and black with silver wire, and used it extensively for many years, coupled in a two fly rig, with the RS2 as the point fly. While it was one of his most effective flies and even though he still uses it occasionally, he currently has mostly gone to his Avatar and Plebby as his more common upper fly. I created a similar fly made from DMC metallic embroidery thread 272 Blanc (which has been discontinued), that Rim dubbed the Royal Hooker. It works very well on the South Platte River, the Arkansas, and many other Colorado rivers, especially where cased caddis are present. Rim's brown and black ones work everywhere that there are mayfly nymphs, for as Frank Sawyer note, the nymphs tuck in their legs when swimming through the water and the midge nymphs do not have tails, so they may be taken for those as well as the mayfly nymphs.

https://youtu.be/416Os9V84n8 Frank Sawyer was a river keeper for The Fishing Association in Wiltshire, England. The river Avon was his home water. His grandson, Nick Sawyer, who was a special forces Captain in the Royal Services, when I met him and also moonlighted at times, offering his grandfather’s Sawyer Nymphs, has moved on to bigger and better things as Brigadier of their special forces.  He was kind enough to send me some flies tied by his grandfather and the first thing that stands out, is how slim and natural they are compared to our American "pheasant tail" flies such as the Copper John. Nick wrote to me, ”Minimalism is probably a good way of describing the Sawyer approach to fishing. I spent a huge amount of money on taco that does not do the job as well as something out a fraction of the price.” before his grandmother retired she had three regular tires working for her as well and sold sawyer flies all around the World by mail. Nick Usually fist on the right hand it down to him from his father was one of the early fiber rods made in the 1960s by Hardy, the light master model. It is a fairly light rod and he like to fish with 1.5 pound cast tippet which equals American 7X. He commented that grade line on the test did not like the substitute wall as much as the Chadwick school, as perhaps it was a little bit on the purpleish side. However his father considered it a close enough match for it to work. As for the IRS to, he and his father’s consensus was that they are on the whole for faster water in the Chaulk streams