red spinner ( dry tutorial )
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 8:43 pm
I caught one of these while out walking barney the other night. I took note of how it looked before it flew away, and they really are delicate little creatures. A couple of things stood out like the extra long twin tails and long front legs. I’ve tied spinner patterns in the past by following instructions, but I had never caught a trout on them. After taking a good look at the natural I realised that the ones often seen in tutorials are far too bulky, the complete opposite of a natural.
Spinners are spindly looking flies, but at the same time quite big so the challenge was clear, how do I tie a very sparse spinner that can float?
I found the answer, and after so many years of never catching a trout on a spinner I finally did. I also had another fish come for the fly, but I bumped it on the strike.
So here is the spinner I tied.
Hook size 14, but materials sized as if tying on a 12.
And here’s the trout that fell for it.
Ian
Spinners are spindly looking flies, but at the same time quite big so the challenge was clear, how do I tie a very sparse spinner that can float?
I found the answer, and after so many years of never catching a trout on a spinner I finally did. I also had another fish come for the fly, but I bumped it on the strike.
So here is the spinner I tied.
Hook size 14, but materials sized as if tying on a 12.
And here’s the trout that fell for it.
Ian
