BWO Improved Sparkle Dun

[@charlesging4630]

Fairly new tier here - thanks for all the the great videos! I had tied some of these a few months back and got the opportunity to clean up during a hatch (in CO) last night. This pattern is deadly!

[@christopherorman5769]

Mathews ties it differently to ensure the wing stands up properly. After tying in the deer hair, he then props the deer hair up using wraps through the deer hair. He separates the wing into threes and passes the thread through the deer hair and then creates a small dam on the front. After this, he ties in the zelon tail and wing, finishes the body, and then dubs around the wing with some superfine dubbing. Mathews tells a story about how one night he tied them much as shown here to time them faster, and in the morning almost all of the wings were facing forward in some way, somewhat over the eye. While they probably worked -- I'm reminded of Ed Engle who calls all of his failed flies cripples -- Mathews apparently didn't find them as effective. If you chat with Mathews too, he puts a huge, huge emphasis on the deer hair used. You need hair that is small and yet still hollow. The good stuff, if you will, barely spins. I guess it shows the sparkle dun, while effective and apparently simple, can be a fly with tons of nuance in the eyes of its creator.

[@YellowstoneCountryFlyFishing]

The other thing that happens is that as the dubbing gets beat-up, it no longer dams the hair, so the hair winds up facing straight forward after a couple fish. I scrolled down the instant I saw he didn't dam the wing with thread to see if anybody else caught the mistake.

[@wayneandrews1278]

Great video cool fly

[@christianwood7432]

Thanks for sharing. I love it.

[@nbfisherman3760]

Nice fly

[@martinguitar4400]

hey man quick question, where do you get that UV resin you have with the tiny applicator and little pen-like UV light? Any help appreciated.

[@t_man785]

What's your three favorite winter flys mine are 1 size 22 parachute Adams 2 griffiths gnat 3 micro caddis larva actually

[@tightlinevideo]

1. is also size 22 parachute Adams 2. Peg's Midge 24 or 26 3. Zelon Musk Midge 24

[@christopherorman5769]

I know I'm not asked, but I find Lafontaine's Buzzball more effective than a Griffith's gnat for midge fun. In fact, there are some guides and famous folk who fish the Missouri's picky dry fly season and only use a Buzzball. I've successfully fished one during trico hatches, BWO hatches, you name it. Shane Stalcup's midge emerger may be the most effective surface film pattern I've fished. I also love a Snowshoe Emerger midge pattern. Then, I wouldn't be found without some zebra midges in my box, which are spectacular as droppers off of the Buzzball.

[@ryanwolowicz3293]

1. Is improved foam caddis 2. Black beauty 3. Infamous pink worm

[@ryanwolowicz3293]

And bwo improved sparkle dun

[@Oldmanflyfishing]

I am a beginner, is this fly difficult for my level?

[@coopdog1492]

So, if you can't find "midge gray", what color of z-lon would be closer? Light gray? Dun? Regular gray?

[@tightlinevideo]

I'm thinking all will work just fine. Light gray probably best.

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

Markle already been deplyed

[@t_man785]

Tim will you be at the fly show Saturday cause we are going and if your not gonna we might go Sunday

[@tightlinevideo]

I will be tying at the show both Saturday and Sunday. I will be the featured tier Sunday morning at 11:00am.

[@t_man785]

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[@fst96max]

What thread is that?

[@Sides1160]

8/0 olive dun