RS2 by Charlie Craven

When I guided on the South Platte River it seemed that at least one of my clients always had an RS2 on, and I would bet that half of the fish my clients caught were victims of this fly. Confidence in a pattern can make all the difference, and I have a lot of confidence in the RS2. The pattern that we will tie here is not Rim Chung's original, but a variation that I developed over the years using alternative synthetic materials. Synthetics are, in my opinion, more durable, cheaper and easier to get, and more consistent than their natural counterparts. While the standard RS2 color is gray, this fly is also a killer in black, brown, and olive.
Materials Needed:
Hook: TMC 101 #16-24
Thread: 8/0 Gray UNI
Tail: White Tailing Fibers
Abdomen: Gray Super Fine Dubbing
Wing: Bright White Antron Yarn
Thorax: Gray Super Fine Dubbing
All materials are available for purchase at charliesflyboxinc.com/

[@x668884699x]

I recently met Rim Chung on the Arkansas river. I had some size 20 rs2’s in my box and he said “too big.” Pulled out a 24 from his box and gave it to me.

[@varmintassassins8924]

haha! that's awesome

[@michaelcheroutes3485]

I don't know that I could bring myself to actually fish a fly tied by the master!

[@lincoln8322]

i met him in alaska this year at a salmon lodge he gave me some rs2 flies to use back home for trout great dude

[@kimberly513]

LOVE this video! A lot of great tips shared in this ten minutes. Many thanks!

[@varmintassassins8924]

mr craven does it again... best videos out there!

[@delawarepro3539]

I tied with Charlie Fok-in Craven 😎 Looking forward to your Rusty series 👌

[@tmarkk99]

Lots of pro tips in this vid for tying small flies. Thanks Charlie

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@Harlem Maddux Instablaster =)

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[@GeorgeSemel]

700 dozen out of a package of 2.50 Super Fine, now only if we could buy 700 dozen TMC 101's for that price. No mind I tied RS 2's I like this one, super cheap and the materials are everywhere. I tie all my Griffiths Gnats on the 101 from # 18 on down to 26. I have a dedicated box full of them. Along with Adams, I catch a lot of trout. My fishing logs show me over 50 years there is less than a dozen patterns I catch 98% of my trout on.

[@willdaskal340]

Hi, George. What are your dozen flies?

[@donaldburleyson3099]

I wish I could narrow mine down to a dozen flies! I'm sure that took a while to do!

[@jameshenderson3238]

I hope I get that great someday....

[@Jon-qr9vq]

Thank you for the great videos. If you are taking requests would you add the Barr's Vis-a-Dun to the cue?

[@josephh957]

Hey Charlie! I spend a lot of time on the Taylor/Gunny, have you done a video on tying a Blue Winged Olive? I tie way more nymphs than dry flies and I’d love to see how you tie those! Thanks in advance!

[@Podobed]

By the way Charlie- that RS2 is awesome. Don't worry about what the camera seeing a little fuzzy body lol.

[@mikekuczynski1552]

Should always have some of these wherever you go , as Charlie says they will catch fish :-)

[@kaipeterson6852]

Tying since the seventies but I learned two cool little tips in watching this video. Thanks

[@CarlosGarcia-507]

How is this fished? As a dry, nymph?

[@alanfields3356]

Charlie great tutorial.. crazy question… does and is the RS2 supposed to float a bit??

[@tysonolsen6147]

Do you just fish this one as a dry? Been fly fishing several years, but haven't added this to my box.

[@CharliesFlyBox]

Tyson, typically fished as a nymph with some split shot down on the bottom, but you could grease it with flotant and fish it dry as well, but it’ll be very hard to see.

[@seizedcarcass8440]

Can polypropylene yarn work ok for the wing? Or is Antron best

[@EatShredSleep87]

Poly yarn works my friend. So does deer hair…pretty much any time you have such a question you should just tie it and try it.

[@danjohnson6292]

Charlie, do you think Coq De Leon can be used in lieu of the fibrettes?

[@jasrobsny]

what does it mimic? caddis? mayfly?

[@joshuaschumacher2777]

midge

[@Flies_the_limit]

Mayfly. Tails are giveaway

[@user-gd5zv8is2w]

Actually, this is a Polly Rosborough pattern from the late 1930s. The only difference is Polly did not use paint brush bristles for a tail. Nest to the Casual Dress, it is Polly's most famous fly. It should be called the Rosborough Style 2.

[@EatShredSleep87]

Actually no

[@brooktroutangler5917]

how does everybody prefer to fish this?

[@randydeskins9359]

I use it wet and dry on my tail waters. It is a great fly. Size 20-24.

[@beewrizzle5718]

I usually put it behind a larger dry fly keeping it right in the film of the water (so i can see if something eats it) or i put it under an indicater as an emerger. Tailwaters of colorado it is a go to

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

will you tell us how to fish the flies as well? Is this a dry? a dropper? both? neither?