Imitacija Baetis Rhodani od Michael Olesena iz Danske

Baetis Rhodani je prva jednodnevka koja se roji početkom godine u mom lokalnom potoku u Danskoj. Pastrmka na slici je dužine 48cm, ali je bilo i pastrmki od 50cm i više iz ranije sezona, one ponekad budu mnogo veće tokom sezone rojenja Ephemera Danica, ali za rane ribe na suvu muhu to su prilično velike ribe koje lovim. Ova pastrmka bila je zauzeta usisavanjem Rhodanisa, razbijajući površinu na svakih 2 ili 3 sekunde. Potrebna su mi bila samo 2 zabačaja, da bi riba uzela moju muhu (imitacija baetis Rhodani o kojoj ovde pričamo). Riba je bila prilično jaka za početak godine, ali na kraju je došla u moju mrežu. Bio je to divan rani i neobično topli period krajem meseca marta. Početkom sezone sva događanja se odvijaju sredinom dana, barem ovde u Danskoj, rojenja mogu biti prilično jaka i gotova za samo pola sata, tako da je ovakav ribolov igra čekanja, kao što je to često u ribolovu suvom muhom.

Moja imitacija Baetis Rhodani muha je prilično jednostavna, ali za vezanje reći ću nekoliko reči o tome kako pravim noge. Napravljene su od nekoliko dlaka iz jelenjeg krzna koji se stave u petlju napravljenu od niti za vezanje (osnovnog konca). Ja odrežem mali snop dlake iz jelenjeg krzna i uklonim poddlaku (vunenu dlaku) sa nje, to radim sa dabing iglom. Jelenje dlake su ošišane na željenu dužinu, a nakon toga ih uvijam u petlju osnovnog konca. Jelenja dlaka je prilično klizava za držanje i rezanje u plastičnoj stezaljci, a ako mislite da je s tim preterano teško raditi, moguće je sami da napravite stezač, jednostavnim lepljenjem traka pene na unutrašnjost klampe, ovo čini mnogo bolji hvat dlake, usput sam to video kod Berry Ord Clarke. Kada se kopča okrene na udicu, tačno ispred krila, biće mnogo više nogu, a zatim ih jednostavno odsečete malo na vrhu i u zadnjici. Posljednje što radim je da malo stisnem noge, malo ih prelomim, to apsolutno ne smeta, ali mislim da to izgleda bolje ljudskom oku, a nadam se i ribama. Još jedna stvar, samo detalj, odvojim badrljicu pera na cdc krilu da bih ga učinio mekšim i malo boljim za zabacivanje.

Lista materijala
Udica: DOHIKU 301 veličina 14
Osnovni konac: Voštani klasični Semperfli crni konac 12/0
Rep: dlaka losa
Telo: Paun pero iz oka
Krila: Svetlosmeđi CD bez badrljice pera
Noge/drška: Smeđi jelen koji se vrti u petlji

Michael Olesen

Original engleski:

Baetis Rhodani is the first mayfly of the year, in my local stream here in Denmark. The trout in the picture is a 48 cm brown trout, but even clearer in my mind is a 50 cm trout from an earlier season, they sometimes get much bigger during the Danica season, but for an early dry fly fish, this is quite big where I`m fishing. The trout in question was busy inhaling Rhodanis, breaking the surface for every 2 or 3 seconds, I needed 2 casts only, for the fish to take my fly, the fish was quite strong for this early in the year, but in the  end it came to my net. It was a lovely early and unusual warm period late in the month of March. The early season hatches takes place in the middle of the day, at least here in Denmark, hatches can be quite powerful and over in just half an hour, so this kind of fishing is in particular a waiting game, like flyfishing often is.

My Rhodani fly is quite simple, but for tying I will say a few words about the hackle that makes the legs. It is made of deer hair spun in a loop made from the tying thread. I cut of a little bundle of der hair and remove the wool hair from it, I do this with a dubbing needle. The deer hair is cut to the desired length, and after that I spin it in the loop of thread. Deer hair is quite slippery to hold and cut in a plastic clamp, and if you think this is too tricky to work with, it is possible to make a clamp yourself, by simply gluing some stripes of foam on the inside of your lamp, this makes a much better grip, I have by the way seen this done by Berry Ord Clarke. When the hackle is turned on the hook, right in front of the wing, there will be far too many legs, and then you simply cut it a bit on top and in the buttom. The very last thing I do, is to squize the legs a bit, to break them a little, this s absolutely not nessacery, but I think it looks better to the human eye, and hopefully to the fish as well. One more thing, just a detail, I take out the feather stem in the cdc wing, to make it ofter and a little better for casting.

Materials list

Hook: DOHIKU 301 size 14
Thread: Waxed classic Semperfli black 12/0
Tails: Mose mane
Body: Peacock quill from eye
Wings: Light brown cdc without the feather stem
Legs/hackle: Brown deerhair spun in a loop

Michael Olesen