The Detached Body Mayfly

 

  Ok, with hunting season over, I tend to get into tying flies, here's a good dry fly to tie and use when fly-fishing for those nice fighting trout.     Your more likely to have success fishing Mayfly patterns during the secondary hatch in late July to early August than during the peak hatches. During the peak hatches, other food sources are also abundant. In the late summer hatch, many of those other food sources are not readily available to the trout.       One method in fishing this fly is to try and find a weedy area, with water 5 to 20 feet deep. Cast long straight lines towards sedge grasses or weeds sticking through the water surface. After your cast, lower your rod tip a few inches from the water surface. Retrieve very slowly and watch your line for the slightest movement.          When a pattern needs to be dressed sparsely we can use a detached body, rather than being dressed along the hook, the body extends over the bend. We can use smaller hooks, reducing the weight and helps the fly to float better. One comment got on this was that it was better than using foam but some of us like to use different materials. This is the way I tie a Mayfly, its old school and still works great.                                                                                                                    FISH-ON! Cookster