This effective fly is tied with a split badger tail, and represent a semi drowned spent spinner. The way the tails are tied, balances out the fly, and gives it good floatability. The Drowning Quill Spinner is in a family of similar curved spinner designs found in the spinner section on this site.
Puff Wing Midge Buzzer
/in Adult, Emerger, Midges /by Kjell S. RakkenesThe Puff Wing Midge Buzzer is a simple midge emerger, that’s proven extremely effective on midge hatches on still waters. Change the wing to something less wild, if you want.
Spent Spinner Black Widow
/in Fly Tying, Mayflies, Spinner /by Kjell S. RakkenesThe Spent Spinner Black Widow is easy to spot on the river because of the puffy rabbit wings. The black body creates a nice contrast for the low light conditions, making it easy to spot for the trout as well.
La Fontaine Emerging Sparkle Pupae
/in Caddisflies, Pupae /by Kjell S. RakkenesGary La Fontaine spent time under water studying emerging caddis pupae. His studies resulted in a revolutionary caddis pupae concept – The Sparkle Pupae and the Deep Sparkle Pupae. Here’s the Sparkle Pupae with a couple of twists.
Tying Mohican Mayfly Step by Step
/2 Comments/in Engelsk, English, Fly Tying, Fly Tying Article, Step by Step /by Kjell S. RakkenesThis Step-by-Step guide helps you tie the Mohican Mayfly 2.0. The fly is based on Oliver Edwards’ great pattern. The pattern is modified and simplified using modern fly tying techniques. The fly is also dubbed differently than the original. In this example the fly is tied to imitate an Ephemera Danica.
Mayfly Gosling – Danica variant
/in Dun, Fly Tying, Mayflies /by Kjell S. RakkenesThis is a dry variant of the Gosling. The Mayfly Gosling – Danica Variant is a good alternative pattern when the most beautiful of all mayflies are hatching. I tend to use this fly when there is a slight breeze and the Mayfly is hatching in numbers.
A small fall Baetis
/in Dun, Fly Tying, Mayflies /by Kjell S. RakkenesThe Mohican Mayfly 2.0 Ephemera Danica
/in Dun, Fly Tying, Mayflies /by Kjell S. RakkenesThe Mohican 2.0 is an extended body Mayfly that is based Olivier Edwards Mohican Mayfly pattern. This fly is virtually unsinkable and presents a convincing body and wing profile to the trout. Tied correctly you can fish it throughout the day.
Drowning Quill Spinner
/in Fly Tying, Mayflies, Spinner /by Kjell S. RakkenesThis effective fly is tied with a split badger tail, and represent a semi drowned spent spinner. The way the tails are tied, balances out the fly, and gives it good floatability. The Drowning Quill Spinner is in a family of similar curved spinner designs found in the spinner section on this site.
COMPLETELY DROWNED SPINNER
/in Fly Tying, Mayflies, Spinner /by Kjell S. RakkenesThis is the spinner for the morning after a spinner fall. It’s tied on a radical emerger hook, and is meant to imitate a spent spinner that’s about to drown. I created this style after a night just observing a massive spinner fall som years ago.
Spent Spinners – Seven ideas for successful fishing
/0 Comments/in Engelsk, English, Fly Tying Article /by Kjell S. RakkenesDon’t you just love those summer evenings when it all comes together after good may fly hatch, and the evening show opens with a magnificent spinner fall?