What have you tied today?

[Wildfisher]

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Snipe Bloa

Body: cobbler's waxed yellow silk.
Hackle:  snipe under wing coverlet  or greyish starling wing coverlet

Flies don't get simpler than this.

[River Chatter]

Very nice flies Fred.  Recipes? 

[Wildfisher]

I'll put them on later John. Actually the colour rendition is poor in these photos, I think I need to calibrate the white balance on the camera for artificial lighting.

[River Chatter]

Thanks Fred. 

[Wildfisher]

I've managed to balance the colour a bit better on those last 3 and recipes added.

[River Chatter]

Thanks for the recipes Fred

[deergravy]

Bit of floatant on the hackle and wing and that greenwell would make a great emerger.

[Wildfisher]

Bit of floatant on the hackle and wing and that greenwell would make a great emerger.

Dave, I believe the classic use for that fly (Edmunds and Lee) was on the top dropper of a 3 fly cast of wets fished upstream on a sort line with a long rod. It will likely have fished in or on the surface - as you say - an emerger. That might also go some way to explaining the erect wing style.

[Wildfisher]

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Greenwell's Spider size 14

Body:  cobbler's waxed yellow silk
Rib: fine gold wire
Hackle: furnace hen

Tie it in seconds, you will struggle to find a better pattern for large spring olives.

[Allan Crawford]

Another nice simple fly to tie and upstream wet fly was one of my favorite methods when I was a youth fishing my local rivers.