How It’s Tied
The buzzer fly is crafted with a simple yet effective combination of materials: a thin hook, thread, wire, and sometimes a small bead. The slender body is created by wrapping thread around the hook shank, often in varying colors to mimic different stages of the chironomid larva. Wire ribbing adds segmentation and durability.
What It Mimics
This fly imitates the chironomid midge pupa, a key food source for trout in stillwater environments. Midges spend a prolonged pupation stage ascending to the surface to hatch, and the buzzer perfectly replicates this phase, making it a highly effective pattern for stillwater trout fishing.
Beyond trout, the buzzer also attracts carp, bream, chub, ide, and roach, as it mimics other midges and worms found in or near the water.
Where It’s Used
The buzzer excels in stillwaters like lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Fish it near the bottom or suspend it at varying depths using floating, intermediate, or sinking fly lines. Its slow ascent mirrors the natural movement of midge pupae, creating an irresistible presentation. Watching a buzzer drift toward a fish can be as thrilling as seeing a rise to a dry fly!
Watch a Fly-Tying Demo
Check out the video below for a step-by-step guide. For more tutorials, visit Steve’s YouTube channel.
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How It’s Tied
The EP Streamer is crafted on a long-shank hook using durable, translucent Enrico Puglisi (EP) fibers. These synthetic materials resist water absorption and create a lifelike baitfish profile. The fibers are layered along the hook shank and trimmed to form a tapered body and wing. Flash or additional fibers can be added for extra attraction. Finished with painted, stick-on, or epoxy eyes, the fly achieves a realistic appearance. Available in various sizes and colors, it mimics diverse prey species.
What It Mimics
This versatile pattern imitates baitfish like minnows, shiners, and anchovies, as well as shrimp or squid. Its natural movement and customizable design make it effective in both saltwater and freshwater for targeting aggressive predators.
Key Advantage
EP fibers shed water effortlessly, ensuring quick drying after just one or two false casts. This improves casting control and action compared to heavier, waterlogged streamers.
Where to Use It
Deploy the EP Streamer in saltwater flats, estuaries, rivers, lakes, and ponds—anywhere predatory fish lurk. If fish aren’t biting, try switching colors or sizes. Experiment with retrieval speeds and lengths to maximize effectiveness.
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The Brown Drake Nymph is a fly pattern designed to imitate the nymphal stage of the large Brown Drake mayfly, a key food source for trout and other freshwater fish.
How to Tie It
To tie a Brown Drake Nymph, use a size 8–12 nymph or 2XL nymph hook. Start with a lead or tungsten wire underbody for weight. The abdomen is made from a blend of brown and cream dubbing, often topped with a strip of dark thin skin to mimic segmentation.
For the gills and legs, use a fluffy dubbing loop or soft hackle. The tail is crafted from biots or pheasant tail fibers, while dark bead-chain eyes add realism.
What It Mimics
This pattern closely resembles the nymphal stage of the Brown Drake mayfly (Ephemera simulans). As a large, protein-rich prey, it’s a favorite of trout, making the Brown Drake Nymph highly effective during mayfly hatches.
Where to Use It
Fish this nymph in rivers and streams where Brown Drakes thrive, though it also works in stillwaters. It’s especially productive in late spring and early summer, just before the hatch, and excels in deep pools.
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How It’s Tied
The Inch Worm fly is typically tied on a small hook (sizes 12–18). Its body is made from thin, elastic materials like ultra chenille or flexi-floss in green or yellow to match natural inchworms.
The material is wrapped to create a segmented body, replicating the inchworm’s shape and movement. A simple thread head completes this minimalist pattern.
What It Mimics
This fly imitates the inchworm, the larval stage of geometer moths. Found near water, inchworms often fall in and become a key food source for fish, especially in spring and early summer.
Where It’s Used
The Inch Worm fly excels in streams and rivers, particularly near overhanging vegetation where inchworms drop into the water.
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