Into The Mouths Of Trouts
#12 TMC 900BL, mallard flank, rusty/brown dubbing, brown polypro yarn.
I’ll stand on the bank and wait for it. For a short time the march browns will come off in great numbers. The duns will appear upright and whole, having transformed completely before they break the surface. The current will quickly consolidate them upon the seams and eddy lines of the river. Trains of mayflies drift downstream until they disappear up through the air or into the mouths of trouts.
March 3rd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
March Madness is surely upon us. Big bugs and big, hungry Trout. Low water, warmer weather.
Life is good.
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I’ll take a dozen Wally.
or I’ll get my lazy ass to the vise and poach the design…
March 3rd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
It hadn’t fully dawned on me that it really was March until I saw that pic. Amen.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:28 am
They are called Mayflies because they don´t hatch until May, earliest. At least here in Norway March can be a mean month. Some days it seems like spring is here, then mother nature dumps another 50 cm of snow. Nothing but fly tying for another 8-10 weeks. But thanks for the inspiration. Fishy looking pattern.
tunK
March 5th, 2009 at 11:52 am
those are pretty and will be copied.
March 5th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
very nice, well done!
March 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
That looks to be about 5 green beers consumed..
March 5th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
please note the non-white wing. oh, and tye ‘em big.
thee
who knoweth thee flies of wallace