Pattern of the Month #05 - Micro Willie Gun & Black Simple Hitch

[@SiuslawOR]

Nice ties ! 👍 It seems your Salar hooks are no longer available… What brand/size (single, double, triple?) would you recommend for your 3cm Micro Series Tube flies ? Thanks

[@douglassutherland4646]

The correct name is Willie Gunn . I knew Willie when he fished the River Brora. He was chauffeur to the Duke of Sutherland and many times I saw him catch salmon in the Rock pool.

[@frodinflies]

Thank You so much - its wonderful with the history around flies & rivers.

[@PaulConnor100]

Great tips as usual.... Enjoy your fishing trip on those magical rivers 😉

[@roberts.571]

Hej Mikael! When fishing the hitch or small flies, do you pull the hook into the tubing or do you fish it loose? There seem to be two teams here with strong opinions. I am always a bit afraid to get missed bites when fishing it loosely? Would be great to hear your opinion! Thank you!

[@frodinflies]

I use both but not afraid at all to fish them loose ..taken hundreds of fish that way! Just go for it with out worries!

[@roberts.571]

@@frodinflies great, thank you! In Frödin I trust.

[@kimlaliberte7601]

As usual great tying, well explained, great teacher, but being new at tying with tube flies and with little bodies, I’m to presume that the hook is free behind the fly and it cannot be held with a piece of tube. This is mainly my problem when to attach the hook with a piece of tube and what size hook . What size hook would you use in these models. Thank you Denis

[@frodinflies]

Hi Denis, These are to be fished loose. I use a small piece of tubing on the hook to hold the knot in the right position. Personally i use my own SALAR hooks. on micros in size 11-15. When the fly got a normal body the FITS tubing in large and medium take any kind of normal tube hook.

[@markmorris1359]

Thanks Mikael. With your hitch fly....how do you select which hole for which bank? If I'm on the right bank for example, do I want the hitch wing to be lying upstream or down stream when it's fishing/swinging?

[@frodinflies]

People do different, i fish it with the wing on the downstream side

[@PaulConnor100]

If you're fishing from left bank you feed the leader in from that side and right for the right side and cast no more than 45 degrees 😉

[@michaelrollinson7371]

A shame we didn’t get to “See ‘em swim” this month. 🙂

[@frodinflies]

It will come back for sure!

[@petervanderbeek9518]

when do you use them Michael?

[@frodinflies]

All up to conditions, but.. quite warm, a bit tint to the water.. and the Hitch when ever i want some serious surface action!

[@rantsu1079]

What size hook do you use in these microtubes.??

[@frodinflies]

Hi i use my Salar hooks still - 15,13 and 11 is what i prefer!

[@Moh-cg6qi]

Which single hooks and which size do you use for 1.5 - 4 cm flies?

[@frodinflies]

I use only SALAR and on this from 11-15 in size

[@Talos353]

@@frodinflies we need the salar hooks back! Best hooks, but I have no more left for the last two seasons :(

[@sekopaat21]

Is the wing of the hitch foxhair or goat?

[@frodinflies]

i use both - stiff fox oin small flies or baby goat..

[@sekopaat21]

@@frodinflies tusen tack! Mycket bra hitchfluga för finnmark. Tisdag på Stabburselv👌

[@royingemjell3133]

Hei. Bruker du body på micro tube?

[@frodinflies]

sällan... oftast byter jag bara färg på den lilla tuben som håller knuten på rätt plats i krokögat.