The season is almost here! The Mayfly — lowland fishermen will be the first to see them arrive, then it’ll be the turn of those in the mountains, in June and July when the air is thick and warm. You spot them and it’s all hands on deck! You dive into your fly boxes and drift them through the current, hoping the trout you’ve been watching will launch itself at one!
When they hatch, it’s absolute mayhem on the water — whether the fish are feeding on the emergers or on the fly itself at the moment of hatching, when it’s still struggling and takes a little time to take flight… it becomes easy prey, a delicacy. Then comes the egg-laying stage, and finally the spent. In short, you’d better have the right flies in your box at the right moment!
And like a good chef, you’re going to head into the kitchen and tie your flies so you have them ready to go when it’s time to send your dishes out to the trout’s restaurant! Come on, get to it — get yourself to the vise!
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1 – Emerger
2 – The Danica (there are several versions, up to yo to pick the one that suits the best where you are)
3 – You can also tye a Panama !
4- The Spent
The crazy thing is how your mind immediately drifts off to the riverbank the moment you start tying!