Hook – # 14, 16 and 18 dry fly
Thread – 70 or 8/0 black
Tail – 2 or 3 Micro fibetts – clear or white
Body – black CDC dubbing
Wing – White egg or poly yarn
Suggested fishing method; Fish on long, thin tippet/leader configuration to rising fish in a trico hatch or spinner fall.
Hook: #14-16 Dry fly
Thread: #70 or 8/0 red
Tail: Coq de Leon fibres or white hackle fibres
Body: Peacock herl
Wing/Hackle 1: Badger or brown
Wing/Hackle 2: Coq de Leon or white hackle
Legs: Water mongoose fibres x 5-8
Hook: #14-16 Dry fly
Thread: #70 FL chartreuse or FL orange silk
Tail: Grizzly hackle fibres
Body: Spun deer hair
Post: Egg or poly yarn
Wing: Grizzly hackle
Hook: #14-16 thin wire sedge
Thread: #8/0 or 70 black
Abdomen: Epoxied foam cylinder 3/32″ or 1/8″ black (use 5min epoxy)
Thorax: fine black dubbing or peacock herl
Wing: White packing foam
Legs/hackle: black or dark brown
Originator: Fred Steynberg
Tied by: Fred Steynberg
Hook: # 18 – 16 dry fly
Thread: # 10/0 – 12/0 light brown/golden yellow
Body: Super fine dry fly dubbing FL chartreuse or pale yellow
Wing: Medallion clear or flashback pearl (cut from sheet)
Hackle: Light to golden brown
Imitates:
Sawfly wasp that can be found around streams and rivers in the Eastern Cape (South Africa) where willow trees are present.
Fishing method:
Fished as a dry fly with long leader and light 6X tippet to selective yellow fish and trout, especially under overhanging willow trees in summer.
Originator: Fred Steynberg
Tied by: Fred Steynberg
(High floating spinner tied with a difference)
Thread: 8/0 or 70 black or brown
Hook: # 14 – 16 thin wire sedge or dry fly hook
Tail: Coq de leon cape fibres
Egg sack: fine waterproof dry fly dubbing – yellow or pale yellow
Abdomen: fine waterproof dry fly dubbing – grey, tan
Thorax: CDC dubbing, black and tan mix
Legs: Thin black or brown rubber – tentacles #1
Imitates: Egg laying or trapped mayfly spinner.
For use: Trout and yellowfish in rivers and streams.
Fishing method: Dead drift when fish are rising for egg laying, spent or trapped spinners.
Hook: 10-12 Terrestrial
Thread: 8/0 Black
Abdomen: Foam cylinder 3/32″-1/8″
Wing 1: 4+ Strands of black or pearl crystal flash
Wing 2: PVC packing foam
Wing 3: Stacked black deer hair
Thorax: Black squirrel dubbing
Legs: Black round rubber
Tag: Orange foam
Imitates: Adult Caddis
Thread: Light brown or tan 8/0 or 7/0
Hook: Standard thin wire dry fly hook # 16 – 14
Body: CDC dubbing tan or cream
Under wing: Stripped CDC fibres tan, cream or white
Wing: Elk hair or similar
Fishing method: Fish on a dead drift as a single dry fly or in tandem with an unweighted nymph below.