This Blog is a collection of fishing adventures in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

A collection of flyfishing adventures in Minnesota and Wisconsin waters.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Sotahex

     The Sotahex, my variation of the hex nymph that imitates the Hexagenia mayfly.  This fly is very abundant in many Great Lakes rivers including Bois Brule river.  I have used other imitations like the spring's wiggler with good success to imitate the Hexagenia but I have high hopes for this more ornate imitation to be at least as productive.  This is a one hook variation of the wiggle hex I saw in Matt Supinski's book Steelhead Dreams.
  

hook- saber #6
thread - 6/0 yellow
ribbing - copper wire
gills - filoplume from from hen hackle after feather or ostrich herl
dubbing- caddis yellow
tail - three pheasant tail fibers
wingcase - pheasant tail fibers
legs - darker hen soft hackle feather