Willamette River

The long awaited March Brown hatch each spring is notorious for having fantastic fishing swinging soft hackles. In this video, Simon ties a simple March Brown using one of Ahrexs newer hooks, the LE880. March Browns have a tendency to shed their nymphal shuck subsurface. This creates cripples and stillborns suspended in the water column. Fish are already keyed in on ascending nymphs, but also will likely pick off an ascending bug in a bind. This fly features a hidden tungsten bead which aids in getting the fly down during higher spring flows. Swinging this fly is a dream for the March Brown hatch and will equally be enjoyed on a 9 5wt or an 11 3wt trout spey. The bead can certainly be removed for situations where you dont need to get as deep. The bump of Fulling Mill Eco Warrior Dub is dubbed tight, but will pick out and add extra bugginess as the fly gets chewed on. The Fulling Mill CDC bubble is suggestive of an emerging dun and excels when the fly is beadless at holding the fly in the film. The beadless version of this fly makes a fantastic trailing cripple to run behind a dun. Tie some up and hang on tight.

Hook- Ahrex Legacy Wet Fly LE880: Size 12 (New Last Year)

Bead- Hareline Countersunk Tungsten Bead: Copper 3/32 or 2.3mm

Tail- Hareline Ringneck Pheasant Tail: Natural

Abdomen- Hareline Ringneck Pheasant Tail: Natural & Uni Medium Soft Wire: Copper

Thorax- Fulling Mill Eco Warrior Dub: Pepperbox (New in shop last year)

CDC- Fulling Mill CDC: Tan (New Last Year)

Collar- Hareline Hungarian Partridge Skin

UV Resin- Solarez Bone Dry

UV Torch- Loon Plasma Light

Bobbin- Smhaen Tension Bobbin

Vise- Renzetti Master & Deluxe Streamer Base