Need help finding an underwater Baetis fly

On 08/14/2010 01:41 PM, Tom Littleton wrote:
wrote in message
...
Thank you! I will have to find one in a store.

Unless the 'store' is Penn's Creek Angler, or AA Fly Shop in White Haven,
PA, you probably would be out of luck. I gave you the recipe so that you can
tie up your own. Possibly, the best way to get to understand the
relationship between imitation and real bugs.

Tom

Hi Tom,

I looked on both there web sites and could not find any
pictures of flies. Rats. Google was no help either.
I have copied down what you sent me in case I ever
get a chance to use it.

Thank you for helping with my pet project!

-T

"Todd" wrote in message
...
On 08/14/2010 01:41 PM, Tom Littleton wrote:
wrote in message
...
Thank you! I will have to find one in a store.

Unless the 'store' is Penn's Creek Angler, or AA Fly Shop in White Haven,
PA, you probably would be out of luck. I gave you the recipe so that you
can
tie up your own. Possibly, the best way to get to understand the
relationship between imitation and real bugs.

Tom

Hi Tom,

I looked on both there web sites and could not find any
pictures of flies. Rats. Google was no help either.
I have copied down what you sent me in case I ever
get a chance to use it.

Thank you for helping with my pet project!

-T

I stated those two because AA was the originator of the pattern, and I tie
them for PCA.
Tom

On 08/12/2010 04:21 PM, Tom Littleton wrote:
wrote in message
...
Hi All,

One of my pet project for about a year now is to
find a fly (I do not tie my own) that imitates an
underwater ovipositing Baetis spinner. I have come
up dry.


well, 47 posts later, here are my feeble thoughts:
First, photo aside, most submerged baetis will be pretty disheveled once
they go below the surface.
Second, although far from a perfect imitation, I've always done well with a
small(say, size 18) Olive brown Submerger wet, tied as follows:

Hook--2xl #18,20 nymph hook
Thread--Danville Olive/Brown 6/0
Tails--3 strands mallard flank, about 1 1/2 times shank
length
Body--loop dubbed mix of squirrel fur and sparkle yarn,
a brownish olive shade, ribbed with very fine
silver wire. Body to about 2 eye widths behind
eye of hook.
Hackle--two turns grey partridge.

I've watched native browns in small streams, with gin clear water, come up
to these fished deep and simply inhale them without stopping their swimming
motion. See how they work for you and get back to us.

Tom



Hi Tom,

My shop shop has agreed to tie me some, *if* I can provide
them a picture. Do you have a link or a link to something close?

Many thanks,
-T