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Lickety Split- Mayfly Emerger Pattern
It’s March and the Blue Winged Olives are starting to hatch here in Utah. Other mayflies are soon to come as this year starts to warm up. Lickety Split is a split case nymph that imitates the early stage of an emerging mayfly. Often times the soft adult is trapped and drowned inside the exuviae as it attempts to hatch into its winged terrestrial form. Other times these nymphs are freely drifting down stream as they begin to emerge from nymph to adult. In both cases the natural insect can be represented by the Lickety Split. The black bodied variation that I tie in the video is one of my go to attractor nymphs year round. Mayflies are present in most streams and rivers and this fly is very often the ticket to success. Other times when fish are being more selective for BWO nymphs/emergers, or PMD’s I fish one of the Lickety split variations found below.
On another exciting note, this is one of my first flies that is being picked up by Rainy’s Flies to be commercially produced and sold to fly shops around the world. It will be available in 2013, but until then you will have to tie them up yourselves if you are to fish them! Enjoy and go give it a tie!
Recipe: (Pink and Black) Hook: Dai Riki 135 (Sizes 14-20) Bead: Gold Tungsten Weight: Lead Wire Thread: Black Uni thread 8/0 Tail: Coq de Leon (dark) Rib: Tippet material (3x for 14, 4x for 16, 5x for 18, and 6x for 20) Body: Black Uni thread 8/0 Wing case: Med. Black Holo Tinsel and pink foam Legs: Coq de Leon (dark) Glue for body: Loon’s Hard Head Clear
Recipe: (PMD)
Hook: Dai Riki 135 (Sizes 14-20)
Bead: Gunmetal or Black Nickel Tungsten
Weight: Lead Wire
Thread: Rusty Brown Uni thread 8/0
Tail: Coq de Leon (dark)
Rib: Tippet material (3x for 14, 4x for 16, 5x for 18, and 6x for 20)
Body: Rusty Brown Uni thread 8/0
Wing case: Med. Brown Holo Tinsel and yellow foam
Legs: Coq de Leon (dark)
Glue for body: Loon’s Hard Head Clear
Euro Nymphing Fly Box: Dragon Warrior
This is the first fly in which will be a series of flies that you will find in our European nymphing fly boxes. We will explain which hook and tungsten bead sizes we use.
I wanted to start with the Dragon Warrior for a few reasons: it’s one of our favorites, it catches fish like crazy, and because I just watched Kung fu Panda 2 just the other day. This fly was originally created to match the color combination of Po (flabby panda!). We have been fishing it for about a couple years now and it has produced fish in every river that we have fished it. It is very effective in french style nymphing in the smaller sizes(16 and 18).
Here are the sizes that we carry with us to every river:
Size 16 with a 3/32(2.5mm) tungsten bead
Size 18 with a 5/64(2.0mm) tungsten bead
You could try some other larger or smaller sizes but these two sizes have been perfect for us. Check out our fly tying tutorial of the Dragon Warrior to learn how to tie it. You wont be sorry. Tie it up in the two sizes we mentioned and make sure you have plenty of them.
I also make sure I have plenty of Rainbow Warriors. This is the same fly but with a pearl tinsel as the abdomen instead of a black holographic tinsel. I carry these in the same sizes I mentioned above for the Dragon Warrior. Refer to our video of the Rainbow Warrior for additional tying instructions.
Prince Kohler
Here is another Prince variation for you. This pattern came about by using proven patterns, like the prince nymph, and using some different materials to make it a little different. This pattern has worked well in the french style euro nymphing when some baetis are hatching in a size 16. It has been a very effective pattern year round and I know you won’t be disappointed if you tie it up!
Recipe: Hook: Scud size 12-16 Bead: Silver tungsten to match hook Tail: Black biots Abdomen: Peacock herl Rib: Small silver wire Wing: White Biots Collar/thorax: Olive and peacock ice dubbing mixed together.
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