I completed tying all the flies we’ll be using in Chile. We leave in a couple of days and thought you’d enjoy the list of flies I’m taking to Patagonia.
First of all, let me say all these flies is probably overkill, but hey, I’m a fly tyer!
Lodges differ on whether they provide all the flies or request you bring your own. Our trip includes two different lodges; one supplies all the flies and the other asks us to bring flies with us.
In my experience, it’s very difficult to guess what flies are needed for new waters. The suggested list is probably for the whole season and we’ll only be there for one week. I’m adhering to the old addage of “better be safe than sorry”.
With that disclaimer, here is the final list of flies I tied or am bringing with us. Those listed in BOLD are the flies I tied in the last two months for the trip. The others I pulled out from the provider box, with the exception of the Morrish Hoppers that I purchased.
Dry Flies
- Chubby Cherynobyl – Gold #10 – 12 each
- Chubby Cherynobyl – Purple #10 – 12 each
- Fat Albert #8 – Tan – 12 each
- Fat Albert #10 – Tan – 12 each
- Fat Albert #8 – Black – 12 each
- Fat Albert #10 – Black – 12 each
- Elk Hair Caddis #14 – 6 each
- Elk Hair Caddis #16 – 6 each
- X Caddis – Tan #16 – 6 each
- X Caddis – Orange #14 – 6 each
- Morrish Hopper Tan #12 – 6 each
- Morrish Hopper Tan #14 – 6 each
- Thunder Thighs Hopper – Flesh #10 – 3 each
- Thunder Thighs Hopper – Tan #12 – 3 each
- Purple Haze #14 – 24 each
- Parachute Adams #14 – 24 each
- Swisher’s Parachute Madam X #8 – 18 each
- Arrick’s Parachute Ant #14 – Black – 6 each
- Arrick’s Parachute Ant #16 – Black – 6 each
- Arrick’s Parachute Ant #14 – Cinnamon – 6 each
- Arrick’s Parachute Ant #16 – Cinnamon – 6 each
- Flying Ant #10 – 6 each
- Flying Ant #12 – 6 each
- Clark’s Stone – Golden #12 – 6 each
- Clark’s Stone – Yellow #12 – 6 each
- Beetle Bailey #12 – 6 each
- Cicada #8 – 12 each
Nymphs
- Pheasant Tail Perdigon #14 – 14 each
- Pheasant Tail Perdigon #16 – 10 each
- Beadhead Prince Nymph #12 – 6 each
- Beadhead Prince Nymph #14 – 6 each
- Beadhead Prince Nymph #16 – 6 each
- San Juan – worm red #8 – 6 each
- McPhails Golden Stonefly Nymph #8 – 6 each
- RiverKeeper Stonefly Nymph – Black #8 – 6 each
- Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail #12 – 6 each
- Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail #14 – 6 each
- Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail #16 – 6 each
- Beadhead Hare’s Ear #12 – 6 each
- Beadhead Hare’s Ear #14 – 6 each
- Jimmy Legs #6 – Olive – 6 each
- Jimmy Legs #6 – Brown – 6 each
- Dragonfly Nymph #6 – 3 each
In addition, I tied a few Woolly Buggers to go along with a few streamers that were already tied to take with us.
Streamers
- Dolly Llama – 8 each
- EP Bait Fish – 5 each
- Woolly Buggers – Olive #6 – 12 each
- Wolly Buggers – Black #6 – 12 each
- Pheasant Rump Muddler – 4 each
- Blonde Goddess – 3 each
- Barr’s Meat Whistle – 3 each
I think it was a total of 294 flies I tied to take with us. I wonder how many I’ll really use?
I really hope some of the flies catch fish for us.
In case you missed my Zoom fly tying presentation where I tied Arrick’s Parachute Ant, Harrop’s CDC Ant, and the Flying Ant, here is a link to the YouTube video I published last week on my RiverKeeper Flies channel.
I’ll be separating the three flies into their own video to make it easier to view if you only want to watch me tie a single fly. Here is Harrop’s CDC Ant.
I published the video for Arrick’s Parachute in October 2023. Here is a link for that video.
I’ll publish the Flying Ant video in the near future.
Lastly, as with our previous trips, I don’t know if I can continue to post weekly with our schedule.
Enjoy…go fish!
I hope you 2 catch a fish on every fly. Have a safe trip. Ant Video was great
Hi John, where to this time?
Hey Dan – First stop is Coyhaique River Lodge in Chile, then on to San Martin, AR where we plan to be at Casa de Campo with SET Fly Fishing. You’ll be reading about it soon. John
Buena suerte down there guys, safe travels and have fun!
Karen and John, have a safe trip. Donna and I are looking forward to your report and photos when you return.