BWOs

[flyfishingNZ]

Hi Guys,

Well I have been fishing at spring creek for the past two weeks, but did not have any BWOs with me so I basically presented the trout with everything I had. Did end up catching 4 trout and miss striking on a few. However, I finally got around to buying a grey hackle cape and tied up a few size 14 BWOs (will be doing 16s and 18s later). Also got some CDC for some BWO emerges, which I will put up later.

The BWOs were tied using

6x tippet for the tails
Yellow/olive super fine dubbing hand mixed
Plastic canvas yarn from Micheal's for the wing
Grey hackle

8/0 black uni-tread.

 

[troutslammer]

never seen em tied that way before , but whatever works , the ones coming off spring right now are 16-18

 

[flyfishingNZ]

Just finished some CDC emerges and small BWOs. Thinking that some small parachute BWOs would be good to include.

This is how I have tied almost all my dries and not had any issues with fish not biting, just need to update the colours for each pattern.

 

[afishinado]

Those will catch some fish. Good job!

 

[osprey]

I'm interested to know if you all mean BWO's hatching now on Center county Spring creek or Cumberland county Big Spring creek?

 

[ryguyfi]

What kind of hooks do you use? Do you think the black makes a difference compared to the typical copper/gold hooks that most manufacturers make?

 

[flyfishingNZ]

The hook manufacturer is Tiemco, will have to check what the actual item codes are when I get home. I got them from fly fishers paradise when I first arrived in State College.

I have not had any issues with catching fish with the black hooks, but I have not done a direct comparison either. Only issue I have faced is keeping the fish on as I am not use to using barb less hooks, but I do love the fast release time.

 

[MKern]

As long as the fish is hooked tot eh bend and there is constant pressure a fish will seldom shake a barbless.

You are deffinately right about release time. However, release time from the net, hat and/or jacket makes barbless a lot nicer to fish in my opinion.

 

[troutslammer]

osprey i was talking centre county spring creek , but the good hatches aren't here yet as far as i am concerned maybe end of the month

 

[Troutbum247]

an effective pattern on spring creek is a size 18 bwo comparadun tied with dun elk hair as the wing, whatever color olive dubbing you prefer i tie several different colors, and dark dun microfibetts tied split style. They seem to float better than your traditional dry and ride lower in the surface. I caught a ton of fish on this pattern on the 22nd and 23rd.