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Get down and dirty with the Dirdle Bug. It is a great fly to use in the spring during high water, especially on freestone streams like Montana's Yellowstone, Gallatin, and Madison Rivers, as well as smaller creeks such as Belt Creek. Not only will this fly work during spring, it will fish well throughout the "1st" fishing season. It is best fished by dredging it deep with some weight so it's bounced off the bottom. This will imitate a free drifting stonefly larvae, and the rubberlegs will really get the trout's attention underwater. Materials #700B Size 6 Dai Riki hook .025 Lead Wire 3/16 Brass Bead - Black Nickel Crystal Antron Chennile - Brown 210 Ultra Thread - D. Brown Saddle Hackle - Light Brown Round Rubber Legs - Green

Dustin Bise is on the vise this week tying up his blue nymph. A combination of prince nymph and czech nymph characteristics, this fly is an all around good variation in blue. Materials Dai-Riki #135 Blue tungsten bead Nature's Spirit guinea - royal blue UTC hollow tinsel - medium blue UTC Ultrawire medium - gun metal blue White goose biot .015 lead wire Krystal Flash - UV blue

Dustin Bise is back on the vise this week tying up his damsel fly nymph. He fishes it on still water underneath an indicator, preferably when there's a light chop on the surface as it dead drifts with the wind. Materials Dai Riki 4660 Jig Head Hook, size 8 Red or Brown Tungsten Bead Legs & Tail: Pheasant Rump Body: Hare's Ear Dubbing in Insect Green Rib: 20# Maxima Ultra Green

This week Denver ties the Red Serendipity. This Midge variation with a tuft of deer hair for the wing case to create the profile of an emerging midge. This pattern works well on the Missouri River and is a good producer. Materials: Dai-Riki #135 Size 18 UTC 70 - Red UTC Ultra Wire BR - Silver Dyed Deer Body Hair - Natural

This fly incorporates turkey biot for the abdomen, and CDC for the wing. It's slender, low-riding profile, coupled with the very natural segmented-look of the biot, is an accurate representation of more than one stage of a mayfly's life. Fish it as a floating nymph, emerger or dun. It's truly one of the heavy hitters in the dry fly department. You should have a box devoted entirely to this fly in various sizes and colors. Materials: Size 18 dry fly Clear glass bead 70 Ultrathread - white or light dun Turkey biot - grey CDC - grey

Guest tyer, Keven Lyons is behind the vise today for the Big R Fly Shop in Great Falls, MT. He is showing us his recipe for a caddis emerger out of peacock and partridge feathers. The base pattern can also be easily altered to imitate other organisms in various stages. Materials: Umpqua Size 14 Peacock Herl Black Cyclops Bead Eyes 5/64" Black UTC Small Gold Ultra Wire UNI-Thread W 8/0 Olive Nature's Spirit #2 Hungarian Partridge Skin

Denver Rathbun, the newest face at North 40 Fly Shop in Great Falls is behind the vise this month in our new fly tying segment called Creature Classic. This week he's tying the Keith's Partridge soft hackle. Materials: Dai-Riki #070 Size 14 Fl Orange Ultra Thread 70 Brown Squirrel Spikey Dubbing Natural Partridge

Calvin ties his Turducken emerger at the North 40 Fly Shop in Ponderay. So called due to its use of turkey, duck, and chicken materials. This fly can be used as a pale morning dun or baetis depending on the thread colors you choose. Materials: Hook: TMC 102Y size 17 or 19 Thread: UTC 70 chartreuse Tan CDC Small amber Ultra Wire Turkey feather Mallard flank Cream dry fly hackle

The D-Duck Caddis is a new pattern to North 40 Flyshop this year and has quickly become one of our favorites for picky risers. The D-Duck features contrasting colors of CDC worked in with spikey dubbing to give it a really buggy look on the water. Much like it's messier cousin the Cornfed Caddis, the D-Duck fishes well riding high or slightly submerged to mimick crippled emergers. Give the D-Duck a try next time you're in a pod of finicky fish. You won't be disappointed. Materials: Dai-Riki #305 size 14 hook 8/0 Iron Grey Uni-thread SLF Squirrel Bleached Ginger Dub SLF Whitlock Squirrel Natural Dub Premium CDC Natural Tan Premium CDC Natural Dun

I created the Day-saver at the beginning of this year in hopes to find a transition pattern between two popular caddis patterns; the translucent pupa and the cornfed caddis. Each of these patterns are messy cdc patterns that down right wreck fish on tailwaters. The Day-saver incorporates two different cdc materials which keeps the messy profile, but has a dubbed body which adds some profile to the fly. I was surprised how well the Day-saver fished in comparison to both patterns while fishing the mother's day hatch this year. You can tie it in a variety of sizes and colors to match the hatch. Gink it and fish it high, or spit on it and suspend it in the column; either way you'll be surprised by it's effectiveness. Materials: Mustad RSo 94840 #14 MT Fly Co 8/0 Brown Opal Tinsel Tan Dubbing CDC Dubbing Light Gray Premium CDC Natural Brown ...

Kelly’s Brown Drake is one of the best drakes out there but you’ll have to tie it because you won’t find it in the bins. Most big bugs don’t get techy but Kelly does and all the materials in this fly shows off his fishiness. The realistic wood duck tail, biot body, and CDC wing gives anglers with this pattern an advantage over standard "in the bin" patterns. Materials: Size 8 Hook Wood Duck Turkey biot Brown Thread UTC 70 Angora Goat Dubbing CDC Tan & Dark Brown Partridge Hackle

Kris ties his October Caddis. The incorporation of fish dope and CDC gives this fly a good pulsation in the water. The good amount of elk hair, trimmed at the front to a bullet head makes this fly skate the surface of the water nicely. Materials: Mustad Size 8 Nymph 2XL 140 Thread Brown Goldern Brown Primo Deer Hair Fish Dope- Golddigger Rust Brown and Tan CDC Elk Hair