NZ Trico

Detailed instructions for tying an NZ Trico with a New Zealand wool wing.
Recipe:
Hook: Your favorite dry-fly hook (here, a Fulling Mill 5050), sizes 20-24.
Thread: Black Veevus, 16/0.
Tails: 3 white or light gray Mayfly Tails or Microfibbets.
Body: Tying thread.
Wing: White New Zealand strike-indicator wool.
Thorax: Black Superfine dubbing.
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[@billruland1494]

Love that trick to splay the tails with the thread!

[@bentpolski]

Well Done Tim!

[@GeorgeSemel]

The Trico Hatch is my favorite time of the Summer, and I really don't like the dog days of summer much. My favorite tailwater the West Branch of the Framington right now has got a bit of a flow going due to the heavy rain that we have been getting of late. No matter, I got that wool, I got the hooks, and the tailing material, all I need is some 18/0 thread.

[@hansel2001]

Brilliant idea to use the tag end to split the tails. I don’t think that technique was around the last time i tied a trico (20 years ago). Tricos must have grown in the last 20 years; we tied them in 26 and even 28. A 20 trico is a mutant.

[@mlopezgaffney]

Excellent pattern!!! Best regards from Argentina

[@bobmatuzak2263]

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!

[@FlyFishMike_]

Thanks #tightlinevideo , we're experiencing some of the best conditions on a Bow of the River that can be Mighty. Looks like the bugs are back in force after a terrible flood a decade ago. Lots of tiny Tricos here as well, mostly 18 and under... will my eyes survive your incredibly small ties? I think so. Great work, Tim. Thanks!

[@marcoluengomaluenda4054]

Que bien hecha la mosca! Admiro su simpleza y prolijidad al atarlas! Muchas gracias por sus videos, saludos cordiales desde Chile!

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Nice work!

[@dankochanek8056]

Killer pattern !!

[@mikekelly6632]

Great trico for smaller sizes. Beats trying to separate Antron for the wing.

[@firstlast6159]

You’ve always talked about those “plunger hackle pliers” like i talk about quality toilet paper.

[@FlyTyer1948]

The wool wing looks marvelous, but I have a wool allergy. Do you think polypropylene or snowshoe rabbit’s foot would be acceptable as substitute materials for the wing?

[@seizedcarcass8440]

I bet this would be a great fly but with poly wings to keep it afloat

[@vinnygallo2669]

How do you like they SA tippet ?

[@bazingabert3346]

would that work with other color wool then white ? just to see it better on the water

[@martinhodell8465]

you could tie in white/light dun wings "spinner style" and then tie in a small vertical post in the bright orange. The resultant 'comparadun style' wing will have the bright spot in the middle and the natural colors on each side.

[@tightlinevideo]

www.strikeindicator.com carries the wool white, orange, chartreuse and black. They now also have the wool in yarn form which is super handy.

[@FlyFishMike_]

@@tightlinevideo There's also a 'creamsicle' orange that is lighter as well as a more fluorescent green version on tiny plastic...well...donuts! All part of some new options. I'm not upselling, I was simply sorting the NZ stock that came in today.

[@silvertip8k278]

I use hackle pliers to tie just about all flies nowadays...dexterity loss and arthritis aren't something I was warned about...lol

[@GeorgeSemel]

I need magnifiers just to tie a fly on a hook these days- I've gotten old! It dawned on me just the other day that I am going to be 70 sooner than later.

[@Sittin.]

5:17 not according to Yngwie Malmsteen

[@tightlinevideo]

And Yngwie knows what he's talking about. Thanks for the most excellent comment. All the excuse I needed to play "Rising Force" really loud.

[@Sittin.]

@@tightlinevideo Thank you for your exellent videos. Rock on!