In this week’s “How to Tie” feature, Fliesbyaspeen ties an easy mayfly nymph that trout anglers will find efficient on both vise and water, just in time for spring.
Learn How to Tie This Fly:
Difficulty: Easy
Spring is the essence of life and a warm turning point in the year. For many, it means the emergence of life as days become longer, color returns to the environment, and fauna is given the boost it needs to show itself again. Whether that be coming out of hibernation or wiggling out from the bottom of a rock and hatching on the surface of a river, many creatures rejoice in the return of warmth. There are many ways to celebrate this season, but tying an Easy Mayfly Nymph and wading into a river might just top any other.
There is certainly a pattern when it comes to productive flies: simplicity. Although you’ll find flies in fly shops that catch your eye all day long, the ones that fool trout more times than not are created with few materials and take no more than a few minutes to tie. As anglers, we will always strive to think outside the box and create the next best pattern but are also all guilty of switching back to the classics when fishing gets difficult. Hare’s ear and pheasant tail nymphs are perfect examples of how classic simplicity can generate productiveness on the water, and this Easy Mayfly Nymph is another to add to that list.
This pattern can be dead drifted, swung, or suspended behind another fly. One of my personal favorite methods is adding it into a double nymph rig off of a dropper tag, especially while conditions are still cold. With increasing temperatures or visual cues of a hatch, do not be afraid to drift this behind an adult mayfly as an emerger adventuring to the surface. There are many ways to fish this Easy Mayfly Nymph, and all of them will give you a great chance at hooking into a happy trout this spring.
Ingredients:
- Hook: Demmon G603BL – Size 16
- Thread: Nano Silk 18/0 – White
- Tails & Legs: Partridge
- Body: Mojo Yarn – A12
- Wing Case: Pheasant Tail Fibers
- Dubbing: Light Hares Mask
Now you know how to tie an Easy Mayfly Nymph!
Video courtesy of Fliesbyaspeen.
