Mayfly nymphs

[C J]

Gents, I was thingking (scary I know). I've got a live May nymph in my fish tank. What I've noticed is that a lot of immitations has thin bodies and build up thoraxes! A may nymph on the other hand has a straight body, from the tail to the head! Now, will it make any diffirence when tying?
I feel that the immitation should immitate the body a bit more?

Do I have a point?

[Byron]

do you? ...

[Rendier]

I'm pretty new in flytying. My first few attempts at mayflies were way too bulky and they never looked right. My last attempt was a small(14-16, so small by my standards) dark brown mayfly. I simply used thread for the body, added gold tinsel for the segmentation, made a couple extra winds of thread to make the thorax more prominant, tied in the hackel and that's it. Fished it on Elandspad the other day and managed to land 3. Not sure if it's the fly, but hell it felt good.

[dizzy]

I've tied some of my flies with both the straight body, and a tapered body.
Haven't noticed any difference in the amount of success between the 2.

[Wade]

Do I have a point?

If you dont there here is one for you

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[C J]

do you? ...

Feels like it...but I'll look and let you know!!!

[Gerrit Viljoen]

Gents, I was thingking (scary I know). I've got a live May nymph in my fish tank. What I've noticed is that a lot of immitations has thin bodies and build up thoraxes! A may nymph on the other hand has a straight body, from the tail to the head! Now, will it make any diffirence when tying?
I feel that the immitation should immitate the body a bit more?

Do I have a point?

One of my mentors taught me 3 things about mayflies:

1.Size
2.Colour
3.Profile

That's all u need to know my china.

G

[Scythe]

Do I have a point?

That's debateable but geting back to your questions re: the body profile.

This has been talked about before:

http://www.flytalk.co.za/forum/showt...hlight=profile

I found the results of the poll quite interresting.

I suppose it all boils down to your preference in tying and your preference in fishing. If you like to fish fluorescent orange lure flies then really now, does profile even remotely make a difference ?

I think not.

If you're into fishing and tying semi realistic patterns I think profile will definately play a part but mostly in the sense that the wrong profile will negatiely affect overall size, not so ? In situations where you're fishing to do selective feeders, skittish fish and fish that see a lot of rod pressure, this will play a part.

[C J]

One of my mentors taught me 3 things about mayflies:

1.Size
2.Colour
3.Profile

That's all u need to know my china.

G

Makes sense!!! I'm going to try something new when tying my may's. I'm thinking of tying a body from but to head with the same material.

Check my avatar....it's a Moggel! Caught it on a fly I call the "green snot"!

[Gerrit Viljoen]

Makes sense!!! I'm going to try something new when tying my may's. I'm thinking of tying a body from but to head with the same material.

Check my avatar....it's a Moggel! Caught it on a fly I call the "green snot"!

I know where that was.......