Note: This information is as region specific (S.E. MN) as I can tailor it to be. It may be relevant to Northern Parts of Iowa and Southwestern Wisconsin. Also, if I forgot something/made a mistake in my information PLEASE post with what needs to be changed. This is for my …
Looking forward, knowing that the urge is always there, driving by streams because they are out of the way. I have been working on Midges for winter and will continue but in an effort to prepare for the prime season I have been reading up on the Mayfly and in …
The Winona Fly Factory has been hard at work tying new and different flies for next season and this winter. Working on dry fly midges, white caddis, midge larva, deer emergers, ect. I will be posting those in the W.F.F. Flies page. This makes my winter tying total up to …
Hook: Dai-Riki 135 #16 Thread: White 6/0 Abdomen: Lt. Dun CDC Wrapped Forward Underwing: Final Wraps of CDC Wing: Deer Hair Tied Short Thorax: Olive Rabbit/Nymph Dubbing Notes: No Additional Weight, Just the bead. This is a pattern like many that I’ve been working on that I have not fished …
Decided I needed to get something done. I did it as soon as I had my mind made. Part of me for the rest to see. Sorry for the glare, I’m still a bit sore. Work done by Eric from Tatu Royal in Winona, MN. Completed 10/18/08
Spent the evening after work tying Caddis flies with the deer hair from a section of hide that Liz and I cleaned and cured last week. The hair is excellent and for some reason is a better quality than the elk hair I bought the last time I was at …
Weekend fly tying has brought me to a few different patterns. I worked with some new materials including CDC. I also got to use some of the deer hair that Liz and I cured from the hide I got a few days ago. The hide as a whole needs more …
On July 21st I met my dad at 6:45am on my porch. Liz and the dog were still sleeping as Dad and I slipped off to the first of our stops. We went first to one of my favorite places that I refer to as Dinosaur Land. My father had …
I got a doe deer hide from a friend at work today and managed to read enough hopefully to clean and keep the hide so the hair is useable for fly tying. I know that the entire hide isn’t useful as it applies to fly tying however I do believe …
This post is mostly for my benefit. Just information on the midge species I’ve been seeing near water here in winona. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironomidae
