This week’s Tying Tuesday spans the full range of what the season demands — from delicate emerger work to hard-charging streamer fishing. Paul Procter’s Active Mayfly Emerger is designed for the moments when trout lock onto insects transitioning through the film, and getting the profile right is everything. The Madam X brings a different kind of confidence: a buoyant, high-visibility deer hair attractor that does a credible impression of grasshoppers, crickets, and stoneflies all at once. For those who prefer to fish below the surface, the Meat Leech from Snake River Fly puts a jig-style silhouette and genuine rabbit strip movement in front of predatory trout. And rounding out the week, the Prince Nymph — a pattern that has earned its place in every serious nymph box — gets a straightforward, no-frills treatment from tiesflies. Four patterns, four situations, and all of them worth adding to the rotation before runoff clears.
Active Mayfly Emerger
Hook: Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly, sizes 10–12
Thread: Olive 8/0 Uni-Thread
Shuck: Amber Z-Lon and two strands of Pheasant Tail
Rib: Fine silver wire
Body: Pale olive Kapok or fine dubbing
Wing: Two or three natural khaki CDC feathers
Thorax: Medium olive dubbing
Madam X
Hook: 1X long dry fly hook, sizes 8–12
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail and Body: Natural deer hair
Wing: White calf tail
Legs: White round rubber legs
Head: Natural deer hair, clipped to bullet shape
Meat Leech
Hook: Firehole 811, size 4 (or similar heavy streamer hook)
Bead: 3/16″ slotted tungsten bead (gold or black)
Thread: Black 140 denier Tail: Black rabbit strip (Zonker)
Body: Black Estaz or Pearl Chenille
Ribbing: Medium silver wire
Collar: Black Schlappen feather
Legs: Black and blue Sili Legs
Prince Nymph
Hook: Standard nymph hook, sizes 10–18
Bead: Gold brass or tungsten
Weight: Lead wire (optional)
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni-Thread
Tail: Brown goose biots
Rib: Fine gold wire
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: Brown hen or soft hackle
Wing: White goose biots
