The solution to any problem - work, love, moneu, whatever - is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be." - John Gierach
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A great fly for the Swift and the Farmington, the Sparkle Emerger fills the bill when you need that tiny emerger to work through the riffles when the trout are working the riffles.
It is very easy to tie:
Hook- any curved scud hook will do in sizes 18 through 24
Body - I use Coats & Clark all purpose thread because it gives the fly that wonderful segmented body. I like the color brown, black and olive in that order.
Wing Stub - 2 strands of midge crystal clipped short.
Head - tie off the body thread and switch to 12/0 black thread for the head.
This fly has been a killer at the Pipe and the Bubbler Run on the Swift.
A big snow storm tonight. Time to tie some flies!!
Ken
8 comments:
Looks like a killer! Amazing how small and simple will work in so many instances. Waiting for spring............
Ken, I love the simplicity of that emerger fly. Just curious, are you still using Sabre hooks? I believe you were a Sabre hook fan if I'm not mistaken, and I was actually thinking about ordering a bunch and giving them a try myself......Phil Carroll
DRYFLYGUY,
I love Sabre hooks. Good quality and a good price!
BobT,Smalland simple rules!!!
Ken
Ken, can you say anything about how you fish the sparkle emerger and how you detect strikes? For example, do you fish it in the film or slightly deeper? How do you achieve and maintain the correct depth? And do you use a strike indicator of some kind?
Nice tie. Fished dead in film or sunken on swing?
I fish it in the film or deep with a drop shot. I did say on the blog that I like it in the riffles especially when fish start working the surface so it is mostly fished in shallower water.
Ken
to clarify you are putting a small shot on the bottom of the rig and running the fly off a dropper somewhat higher in the column?
BobT,
You've got it!
Ken
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