Mayfly Fly Tying Patterns

Mayfly Fly Tying Patterns

This page is a full overview of my mayfly fly tying patterns – The Duns. My approach to fly tying is functional and practical. Fish eat bugs (and sometimes sticks, stones and cigarette butts). They don’t know their Latin names, and are unable to tell the number of tail fibres on a fly. This page contains several proven and tested mayfly fly tying patterns. They are my designs and variations to popular mayfly fly tying patterns. All share one common artifact – they do match the hatch.

Using Mayfly Fly Tying Patterns

Navigate between the emergers, duns and spinners by using the menu bar above. Click the Fly Tying menu option on top of the page to get back to the overview page of the fly tying patterns – or just click here.

Turkey Biot BWO

Turkey Biot BWO Aurivilli

The turkey biot BWO  is a standard parachute dry fly. Noting much to it, other than a very effective fly that can be tied in any color variation to mach the hatch. 

Marginata Profile Dun

Marginata Profile Dun

The Marginata Profile Dun is really a variation of the Comparadun. It floats a bit lower in the water, and is thus best suited for those days when there’s no wind. The pattern yields crisp and well presented body profile.

Marginata Comparadun

Marginata Comparadun

The Claret Dun (Mahogany Dun), or Lepto’s as we call them in Norway, can offer fantastic opportunities. When the Marginata is hatching, I usually turn to this imitation of the Leptophlebia Marginata Comparadun.