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I like the idea of using Mole as a thorax. I will incorporate that in to some of my BWO's.

Beautiful fly. I wonder why such a dark fly works for Baetis nymphs/emergers?

Here is my emerger version tied with Rust Brown thread, an olive Rabbit/Hare dubbing blend with trilobal bling, and Natural Dark Dun Whiting Hen hackle...

RIMG2384 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Bad camera or not, it looks amazing. Thank you for sharing the recipe with us because I plan on stealing this pattern
and using it for the creeks I fish.

Yup, I stole it, too.

DJ1212

Not sure why a darker color works but the BWOs where I fish are dark in color. This is another pattern that I use when the BWOs are hatching. I use orange silk and heavily, heavily wax it and it comes pretty close to the color.

Hook: Dohiku 302 #16
Body: Heavily waxed orange silk
Thorax: Natural mole fur
Wing: Partridge

I am surprised at how big of hooks you folks use for BWO's.

As far as color goes or shade. It varies for me from river system to river system

I use a lot of #16 hooks and just tie the fly proportionally smaller, so that it looks like a #18. Are you using #18 and #20 hooks?

newriverspey wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:41 pm I use a lot of #16 hooks and just tie the fly proportionally smaller, so that it looks like a #18. Are you using #18 and #20 hooks?

I do use size 18 and 20 hooks. I feel I get more hook ups going smaller. I should try tying the same size bugs on larger hooks, just to see.

I do tie on 18's and 20's and perhaps need to go back and try tying on them, see if I get more hook-ups