Sparse Grey Matter

One of my favourite dries.
I prefer this fly on a size #18 or #20 id summer drought on small streams.
This is probably the best one I have ever tied.

heavy enough to sink.

This is a nymph or a 'dry' it sinks the tippet on impact Reversed Parachute Emerger http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e3/RoyChristie/TMC518size32RevPara.png Size #32 TMC518 fine thread, dun hackle, golden olive tails, black tipped for effect, golden olive fur thorax http://i36.photobucket.com/albums...

Sweet baetis egglayer, should do crazy work.
Fine skills sir.

I'm tryin' CJ, I'm tryin' real hard...



Thanks,
Roy

Sweet looking tie, Roy. Care to offer up the dressing. Curious -- what do you reckon is the advantage of the 'hook-up' (i.e., 'Waterwisp') style? Maybe it appears more natural to trout, since the hook may not be as visible (although refraction can do strange things). Do you find the fly to alight o...

thanks guys.
glad to hear they work, Janne

I'd tie on a Hare's Ear or a real March Brown, same thing really. Greased - it floats, it hangs in the surface. Untreated, it is the best nymph. then again, who would fish only one fly? That is not real fly fishing. I fished a few summers in my youth with one fly, a copper wire hare's ear tied at th...