Matching Major Eastern Hatches

[pugdom]

Anybody tie flies from this book and use them. I have tied a few up and they look good. I never used medallioin sheeting before but the emergers look "right" to me. I was already a fan of spinners using the frosty fish fibers.

 

[Foxgap239]

I'm starting to tie some up. I intend to try the sunken trico spinner next year. I like the DNA fibers for spinner wings on the vise but need to see how they look in the water.

 

[quillfly]

they look really nice but i have found the more general pattens work just as well . though this may be due to my poor tying skills and even worse fishing unskills.the nymphs look amazing though

 

[LongLineRelease]

Love that book. For me it is second only to Lloyd Gonzales Fly Fishing for Pressured Trout. I haven't tried any of the patterns yet, but would be interested in finding our how the DNA Spinner works. Has anybody had a good experience with this yet? At least compared to more tradition poly wing type spinners?

 

[quillfly]

they look nice gotta keep the wings rather thin though otherwise they clum aka are a pain. i take the strands and wait to the end and cut them with a pair of curved sicissors cause the stuff is to fine if you drop it on the floor to pickup and use again

 

[Foxgap239]

I've tied up some 20 and 22 spinners so far and what I did was use 1 strand and cut in half 3 times, that came to 8 strands. Looks like it will be alright but only water will tell for sure. I may only use 1 strand down to a 16. Not sure yet.