[Big Spring Baetis]

Pattern Illustration
Big Spring Baetis
Tied by Chaz MacDonald

Hook: #16-22 Standard Dry
Thread: Light Cahill 8/0
Tail: White hackle tips
Body: Thread
Hackle: Grizzly



Tying Instructions:

1. Tie in thread 2 - 3 eye lengths behind eye and wrap to bend. Tie in hackle tips.

2. Wrap thread forward and back to form a tapered body.

3. Tie in hackle and wrap 2 - 3 times. Tie off, trim hackle flush to bottom of body.

4. Finish head and cement.

Notes: Fish this pattern whenever there are Baetis on the water or light midges. Trout will take it when they will take nothing else.


Chaz MacDonald
Center Valley, Pennsylvania USA

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