Fly Tying Tutorial: Egan's Rainbow Warrior by Fly Fish Food

[@phineartz]

This is a great pattern.. I've also grown fond of tying them in the 20-24 range with a small glass "mercury" bead.

[@Subaruuu12]

pat dorcey style, i like it.

[@tz444]

Fished this fly today for the first time and am amazed at how may fish I caught with it. Fished it about 15" above my anchor fly. I had only tied 4 to test them out. I 'll be back on the vice this week tying more for sure.

[@user-kh8yh4bq1j]

Great fly! Absolutely killed them with this in our tailwater yesterday! Thanks for taking the time and effort to put this video together!

[@raulgarcia5230]

My best fly right now on my creek,just starting to tie ,gracias amigos!

[@graczkowskifamily]

This is such a productive fly. I love it! About to try to tie it!

[@robertalp3878]

definitely giving this a go for grayling here in the UK. Only had medium pearl for the body so used some UV resin as belt & braces.

[@oscarbarreiro4266]

Awsome fly, great success with it. Beutiful to look at and easy to tie. Thanks!! All the best for you and your team in my home country WFFc 2022!

[@edwardsfamilyfarmstead4225]

Great fly Lance this is a super productive pattern for us in our water. I tie them with uv shrimp pink ice dub too. Thanks for sharing bud. ~Nate

[@3for5spotshooter]

My read. It’s a chromie type fly. Rising midge larvae. I use it as the weighted fly with an egg pattern or small red copper John tied to the bend as a Fall brown trout rig. Or alone - it’s that good and a fast tie. Nice. .

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

One my favorites!

[@DavidPalmer]

Love this fly on the Bighorn in the mercury version

[@ryantherock7664]

I have to agree regarding the hareline scud dubbing vs the Wapsi dubbing.You will need to be a professional master dubbing ninja to dub the hareline stuff.I struggled for months getting the RW tied.I picked up the Wapsi dub and it was so easy to dub.The same for the Tungsten Surveyor.

[@hardtomello364]

I couldn’t find pearl tinsel at my local stores or the proper dubbing but I just use saltwater extra thick flashabou and mix some of my own dubbing

[@keiranrooker7981]

I recommend 1000% I fish for wild trout and got my first trout this year on a rainbow warrior thankyou man

[@keiranrooker7981]

I have caught so many fish on this fly love it so much thankyou man

[@patrickbaca6719]

Awesome! Thank you for sharing. Take care and be safe.

[@Freddo4J]

Great fly...Thanks for the detail for tying this!

[@dankochanek8056]

Why would someone give this a thumbs down?

[@smctrout4423]

PETA members

[@keiranrooker7981]

This has gotta imitate a scud or midge pattern I use this in my creek where there’s a lot of scuds and this catches big fish when I use size 16 and small fish but I’m not complaining at all you can still catch some monster fish in spring and winter when there’s not much bugs active it works pretty well as the scuds are something they see all day

[@David-uj2ms]

this is a deadly fly pattern. I know because I use it a lot and it catches fish extremely well.

[@benpack8361]

Great pattern! I have noticed that most jig style nymph pattern use a silver bead. Most fly shops offer a multitude of colors for sale as loose beads but not many of the patterns that they sell utilize them. Is there a specific explanation for this. Thanks!

[@marcstephens2100]

New fly Tyler with a noob q. Is that a “slotted” bead?

[@spikeconley]

I was curious why your standard hook for the Frenchie is a jig hook, and for this one it's a standard hook. It would seem the advantages of it would be the same on both flies. For that matter, why can't all standard nymphs be tied on a jig hook? Even if you don't plan on being near the bottom, is there some disadvantage?

[@Lanceeganflyfishing]

spikeconley all nymphs can be tied on a jig hook. I often use warriors tied on jigs and they work great.

[@ericb6390]

It does not matter as long as it still imitates, your imagination is the limit

[@Buk2MC]

If I don’t have rainbow dubbing, will grey work??

[@skylarl5545]

i've found that this pattern absolutely crushes in sizes 16 all the way down to a 22

[@bradleytristan2610]

I will for sure be thing these up and also dose anyone know about the roaring fork/fry pan rivers in co I think I might head out there some day

[@rschreck876]

I don’t think there is a commercially available version of this fly that is tied the same exact way.

[@FlyFishFood]

The original umpqua one is tied just like this.

[@festushaggen1088]

Where can I buy these flys.?

[@FlyFishFood]

store.flyfishfood.com/searchresults.asp?Search=Rainbow+warrior&Submit=

[@69RenDrag]

No more silver wire on this pattern?

[@FlyFishFood]

Never had it

[@69RenDrag]

@@FlyFishFood oh.. then I mistakenly integrated some over the tinsle and did well on the weber with it.. haha

[@sowbug2000]

Is there a "list" of the materials he used on this fly? Easier than writing down from video. Thanks!!!

[@Lanceeganflyfishing]

sowbug2000 there is a material list on our blog post for this fly. www.flyfishfood.com/2017/05/the-rainbow-warrior.html?m=1

[@spikeconley]

Another thing I was curious about was why use coq de leon on the Frenchie for durability, when you use a PT tail here? thanks

[@Lanceeganflyfishing]

spikeconley just demonstrating the original pattern. It works, so I don’t often mess with patterns that consistently produce. That said, I’m sure it would still catch fish with a cdl tail.

[@arachnoskull6311]

Looks like a shiner fry.

[@Bearhawk_Life]

Is this fly as effective on a jig hook?

[@Lanceeganflyfishing]

Jay Townsend yes

[@richludt2962]

I’m surprised you don’t treat the tinsel body with UV resin before doing the thorax (?)

[@tloftus89]

Can you recommend a barbless alternative to the 2457?

[@FlyFishFood]

Tom Loftus the 2499 SPBL is really good

[@tloftus89]

@@FlyFishFood Thank you. Appreciate the information.

[@ericb6390]

Just mash the barb

[@farioreo]

2487

[@bobbertheclown2907]

when and where is the best place to fish this fly?

[@Lanceeganflyfishing]

Bobber the Clown in rivers or lakes and whenever you want to catch fish! ;).

[@noize93]

Bobber the Clown I was introduced to this fly while fishing the Yellowstone River in the park. The guy using it was slamming trout left and right. We tried it on the Madison but they weren’t feeling it that particular day.

[@ericb6390]

When fish are biting,and where the fish are ;)

[@keiranrooker7981]

Also this is the easiest scud pattern to tie

[@Sowbug2024]

Has anyone tried tying this in all gold with a gold bead?

[@isupportthecurrentthing5225]

I'd like to tie mine on a black nickel hook with a hareline plummeting tungsten bead in rainbow color.

[@Eckmanz]

@@isupportthecurrentthing5225 just finished up tying mine on Firehole 637s with the rainbow plummeting bead 🤙

[@rileymurphy8329]

Anybody use this on the San Juan?

[@FlyFishFood]

Yep

[@DavidPalmer]

A size 18 with a glass bead will crush them on the Bighorn...and then won't work for two months... ;0

[@gopro_audio]

fish this below the dams, it looks like chopped up fish, I love the comment about ya dont know why they bite it. XD

[@gratfulparrot2]

You like talking and tooting your own horn huh

[@FlyFishFood]

Go home. You’re drunk

[@gratfulparrot2]

@@FlyFishFood I'm very sober and you still like the sound of your own voice

[@FlyFishFood]

@@gratfulparrot2 I Challenge you to a sword fight.

[@gratfulparrot2]

@@FlyFishFood lol ok with 38 yrs exp your toast lol