Life Cycle #6: Blue Winged Olive / Baetis - Fly Tying Tutorial

Material list below.

This is the 6th episode of Life Cycle, and today we tie the Blue Winged Olive.

Nymph -
Hook: Ahrex FW541 #14
Thread. Veevus 16/0 Olive
Tail: Coq de Leon
Body: V-Rib Midge - Olive
Wingcase: Pheasant Fibers
Thorax: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Dubbing - Tannish Olive
Legs: NTS Hen Saddle

Emerger -
Hook: Ahrex FW511 #14
Tail/Shuck/legs: Swiss CDC - Dark Grey Khaki
Body: V-Rib Midge - Olive
Wingbubble: Swiss CDC - Dark Grey Khaki
Thorax: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Dubbing - Tannish Olive

Dun -
Hook: Ahrex FW501 - #14
Tail: Coq De Leon fibers
Body: Super Fine Dubbing - Blue Winged Olive
Wing: Swiss CDC - Dark Grey Khaki
Thorax: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Dubbing - Tannish Olive

Crippled -
Hook: Ahrex FW501 - #14
Tail: Coq De Leon fibers
Body: Super Fine Dubbing - Blue Winged Olive
Wing: Swiss CDC - Dark Grey Khaki
Thorax: Snowshoe Rabbit Foot Dubbing - Tannish Olive
Hackle: Cock/Cape hackle, color of choice ( in video: Ginger Grizzly Variant )

Spent -
Hook: Ahrex FW501 - #14
Tail: Coq De Leon fibers
Body: Super Fine Dubbing - Blue Winged Olive
Wing: Swiss CDC - Dark Grey Khaki
Thorax: Super Fine Dubbing - Blue Winged Olive'

[donschmidt]

Your tie are great looking with VERY simple instructions I can’t wait to get to vise just hope mine are 1/2 as nice as yours!!!! Thank you for nice step by step details on you patience with I bet.a lot of

[russellogden]

You definitely tie a great looking fly

[ghislaindesrosiers]

the fragility of all phases are well represented, love the economy of thread....and they look alive!

[timthompsondp]

So nice. And that spinner looks so so good.

[bodgitscarper]

Excellent, Love fishing BWOs, usually 16 - 20s, great job.

[henryolivarez]

great video covering various stages of the bwo

[jmitch]

Great tying skills. Thanks for the vid.

[sbummel]

You know whats is the best 😉 Wild CDC, great tie

[dannymcg]

Excellent flies. Nicely tied and well explained. Thank you for sharing.

[dickwhite]

Love all these patterns. Simple and fast. Going to try these on the Truckee River this week.

[sputnick]

Nice ties. I like the way you tie the phases of the life-cycle. 👍

[kennethsanders]

thank you for teaching your way .I learn a lot from your tutorials .thankx

[mcbdroid]

Great video on the BWO life cycle, thanks for the lesson!

[michaelamisano]

Great flies for the Delaware River this Spring

[jannejohansson]

Alltid lika inspirerande att se dina videor!

[markm]

Perfect timing, the LDO's are hatching here now. Will have to try that cripple pattern.👍

[felixgabrijelcic]

Satan va bra Jon! Snabbt snurrat med med lite material, Môcke bra som Svennis hade sagt :-)

[kentholmgren]

Grym video! Schysta flugor. Skulle passa i mina askar som skall med norröver👌👍

[christergoransson]

Grym video ännu en gång, kul med alla stadier av en specifik slända🤙🏻🐟

[christrovato]

Great job! I’m new to tying very well explained. Thank you for a awesome tutorial. Chris