"Larry L" wrote...

Got any favorite but unusual "Blue Winged Olive", just plain "Olive", or
baetis ties ?

Good pun on the subject line, Larry.

It's certainly not my design, but I've had reasonable luck with a
thread-body BWO, based on this:

http://www.danica.com/flytier/tmodic/twd.htm

Make the color substitutions and have at it. It's a pretty simple tye, too.

For me, the thread body makes tying the really small sizes far easier, and I
think it allows for some semblance of segmentation in the fly as well. When
I try to dub a body smaller than 18 or so, it becomes a blob.

Dan