Getting stoned

[Brodhead]

Stoneflies have been my #1 pattern this year so I tied some little size 12 ones with tungsten and lead. They sink like crazy and the fish love them!

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[stob]

Beautiful...I thought u could not use lead in flies??... anyways, they look like hellgrimites 2 me...lol

[Mumbles]

Originally Posted by stob

Beautiful...I thought u could not use lead in flies??... anyways, they look like hellgrimites 2 me...lol

Can’t use lead under 2oz in national parks but that’s about it.

[goldscud]

Hellgrammite


Stonefly



Not sure we have Hellgrammites in Alberta

[Brodhead]

Well regardless of whether the fish think these are hellgramites, mayflies or stoneflies, they eat em. I found that the fish preffered the straight black ones over the black ones with the hotspot. The golden ones get inhaled regardless

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[densa44]

I never got that good at tying them. I'm embarrassed to show them to other fishermen. My Grasshoppers and caddis flies are starting to look a lot alike.

This year I'm hoping to try a dry fly dropper so I'll let you know.

[Oldster]

Man, those are awesome flies… I’ll take a dozen👍

[orvisman]

Fish them all summer long. Pretty rare when trout
will refuse one.

[Calgaryguy1977]

Mind if I ask what you're using to tie the body?
Would love to learn to tie this
Thanks!

[MartinB]

Very nice ties, really nice work. We all like throwing dries but all my best fish the last 2 years have been on nymphs. Prince Nymph variants, Pheasant tail and Scruffy Stones, Golden and Black.

[Brodhead]

Originally Posted by Calgaryguy1977

Mind if I ask what you're using to tie the body?

Would love to learn to tie this

Thanks!

Sorry I missed this when you posted it. I used netback foil for the body of these and i really like how it looks but it's not necessary. I've just built up a resin body that works just as good in a pinch. I've done some simple versions of these with nothing but black thread, black silly legs and uv resin and they work quite well

The pattern is basically a Rowley Stone but with whatever materials I had lying around.

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