Baetis rhodani - a nothing-else-to-do-bum-approach

[AndrÚBrun]

Here's a favourite of mine - the Micro Dun B. rhodani version. I've right now tied half a dozen of these during the last half an hour. Every year I tie hundreds of these. A really great consistent fly for brown trout rising to rhodanis. Look no further when the big browns are rising to rhodanies mid May.

If you noticed the hackle, I have dyed a light barred ginger rooster saddle in a olive-dun-brown colour. Veniard colours. Mostly dun, a little olive and just a hint of medium brown. Just about perfect :-) Not that it's important at all, but for me - it is in a way. In a way. Sort of. Tie the hackle with a medium dun colour and the trout won't see the difference.

I also fish this hatch a lot, and have a special dubbing blend that I use for my Baetis rhodanies. For me this is what-I-need, but in fact it is just 4-5 different Fly-Rite colours of pretty similar dyes, and probably not so important that too, I guess. Tie with a light cream-olive blend and you are spot on (yes, light - look underneath the small dun abdomen, and you'll see it's much lighter).
Rhodani's?
I like 'em :-)

[madjoni]

Interesting fly
i have similar odd looking fly with no tails

[goldenolive]

Lovely simple pattern Andre,

very clever

I will tie a couple with different shades of micro chenille for the Olive hatches over here.


Thank you very much for sharing with us

John

[maharg]

Very nice.

[AndrÚBrun]

Thanks.
Here's a Ephemerella aurivillii Micro Dun.
The aurivillii really holds its abdomen way up in the air, so here too, the tails for those small mayflies aren't important at all in our experience.