Tying (and fishing) the Irish Cream (mayfly dry fly pattern)
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- A simple, fairly generic mayfly pattern I came up with in the spring of 2021.
Hook: #12-16 1x long dry fly
Thread: Black
Tail: White hackle fibers
Rib: Flat silver Mylar tinsel
Body: White or cream synthetic dubbing
Wing: White calftail
Hackle: White or light cream
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Great looking fly Matt! “Irish Cream”
I like it DB! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
DB- I'm calling it and you win my friend. This fly will henceforth be called the Irish Cream. Send me an email and I'll get the gift card on the way to you. matt@savageflies.com
Congrats
Hi from Rolla Missouri 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes.
About 50 years ago I had a great 3/4 wolf 1/4 Siberian in Alaska. The tail hair worked quite well. I'm thinking about calling the fly the White Wolf. Good health for you and your's Dave Hughes 🎣🤠.
I like it Dave! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
THE Dave Hughes?
@@shanecouch8328 Hi Shane, I'm one of four Dave Hughes in the Kansas City area. But I 'm the only one who's been tying flys for 65+ years to my knowledge. I do read the real Dave Hughes 's books and arrivals for years and just love them. Good health for you and your's 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes
"Snow White" nice looking fly. Sweet looking fishing holes and fish.
Thanks Jeff! I like "Snow White." :-)
@@SavageFlies you are very welcome bud
Hey Matt☕️☕️
Nice bug, and the fishing perfect you really know how to read the water nicely done👍
Thanks Jim! I've still got a lot to learn or I wouldn't have been out there all day and only gotten four little fish. :-)
@@SavageFlies You know Matt, those fish were caught with an art. All the way down to an your hand tied fly. Anybody Can use live or stink bait and catch a fish. That’s what lives in the stream and you read the water and caught some jewels. Wish I had that skill you are doing amazing. Fishing and Filming nicely done 👍
Cool fly and fantastic footage at the end. I'm thinking "Pale Ghost" thanks Matt for sharing
I like it! And BTW, I'm looking at email while answering comments here. That's a nice rainbow! And I can definitely see the fly in his mouth. Right there on the top of the lip. Perfect hook set. :-)
Love your inclusion of fishing the fly you taught us to tie. Your success suggests this was truly the "Creme du Jour" on these trouts' menu.
I like it Ralph! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Like how you are fishing with the flies you tie. I would call this one the white savage.
I like it! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
It was nice seeing you out on the water testing out your flies. I like that pattern.
the Elegant Lady. Reminds me of one of those Hollywood glossys from the 30s. Good to see you get out on the water.
I like it! And thank you; it is great to get out on the water. This weekend will be back to the Gunpowder for me. :-)
Good looking fly Matt. I would call it the white or cream ghost.
Oh, I like Cream Ghost. :-)
As it has cool retro dry fly vibe, I believe I would call it the "Silvered Surfer." Thanks for sharing.
I like it Bill! Someone else said a "Silver Sulfur" which is similar to the old Marvel Comics character. :-)
@@SavageFlies Thanks. Glad you liked it. The comic book theme was the intent. Silvered because of the spiral banding and surfer because it is a dry fly. Really close to comic book character but maybe with enough of a “twist.” (pun intended) LOL
We have a warmwater white mayfly hatch down here in Tennessee. Nice tying video. Well organized sequences. My name for this fly is the Savage BWS, black, white and silver. Thank you Matt.
I like it JB! I think Don Kirk has a mostly white fly called the White Moth in his book so you know it's been a successful GSM pattern.
Good morning Matt. ☕️ time and of course the required fly tying video. Nice looking fly and obviously it works. Enjoy the river fishing segments too. Got out fishing for awhile the other day for a few hours. Things were pretty slow. Only caught and released 3 small pike. Take care Matt.
Okay John, when you say "small" pike, what is a small one? 12 or 14 inches? Isn't that still a pretty fun fish?? The number of pike or musky I've caught on a fly rod I can count on zero fingers. But I will someday!
@@SavageFlies Yeah 12 to 14” would be the smallest, largest was likely 18-20”. They are fun to catch. If I could have got one in that 3-5lb range I would have had it for supper. Wasn’t my day for fishing though. On the plus side we stopped at some friends and enjoyed some fresh Walleye. The trip across the lake and back was beautiful. Put about 50 miles on our new motor.
Cool fly looks like it works great I like the name " Flashy Albino"
I like it Robert! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
The Savage Streak sounds appropriate to me. Been away for a while, but I'm back. Git some catching up to do, but I'll get er done. Love the fly, Matt.
Peace.
Thanks Kyle and welcome back my friend! And I like the name. :-)
Great fly, will be tying it later today It looks like a "silver Flash" to me, but I am terrible at naming things. Thanks for making my morning cup of coffee taste better.
Well thank you Howard! I like the name. :-)
Love the pattern. Matching the hatch on Eastern streams is almost a must. Ligh/white flies like that area state on the South Branch of the Raritan in Jersey. Love the videos. My name for it would be the Savage Morning Dun.
Should read FLIES LIKE THAT ARE A STAPLE.
I like it Ed! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Super cool fly!! Awesome fly tie to fish video!! The fly looks great and fishes even better!! Thanks for sharing Matt!!
I appreciate that James! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Matt I think you should call it the Cream Puff.
I bet that would be a good fly for carp sipping seeds off the surface
Oh man Peter, I've heard of catching carp who are eating seeds. I'll bet that would be a blast! But I like the name. But is if fluffy enough to be a Cream Puff? It might need some white CDC to truly be a Puff. :-)
@@SavageFlies I bet a few cream colored cdc feathers could be put on as gills.
Nice looking pattern! I'd call it the "Extra Pale Morning Dun"
I like it Kyle! Or how about the Extra at the end... and call it the PMD Extra. :-)
@@SavageFlies yeah that sounds good to me!
Nice tie Matt! The Matt Fly
Hahaha... oh George. That's too simple!
Sometimes, simple is better!
Cream of Wheat. Lol. Nice looking fly Matt. Thx!
This is pretty clever Clyde. I like it!
Nice tie; the fly looks great. Thanks for sharing :)
Appreciate it Dan! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice to see a brimmed floppy hat.. The best way to fish. :-)
Hahaha! I had it on last night too. Good for keeping the sun AND the rain off me. 😁
Gorgeous looking fly Matt
Almost missed you
It's always great to come up with something new that catches fish
I thought I had a new pattern until I saw a picture of it on Instagram
Thanks for the video
Isn't that the truth Dave! The reality of it is that there are probably few flies left to invent that someone else hasn't tied something at least similar to that somewhere along the line.
Nice hit and fight from that Brown. I like how you experiment and tell us what works for you. I like "Bright Day" for a name. Thanks for these fun videos.
Thanks Mel! And I like the name... this is actually pretty clever. :-)
I think "Matt's silver lining" would be a wonderful name. Love the pattern!
I like it Thomas! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice looking fly, "Jersey Lillie".
I like it Phil! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice fly Matt it’s nice to see you out fishing more!!
Thanks Scott! It's always great to get out. :-)
Hi Matt! Like always great job. Another beautiful fly! All the best.
I appreciate that! And thanks for watching my friend. :-)
“Matt’s Ephoron or “Matt’s Leuko.” Ephoron Leuko being an actual white species of mayfly. Unfortunately neither of my name suggestions are very catchy.
The species is all over the east coast & I saw it sometimes starting in August on the Penobscot River, Maine. When I fished with local friends there, we used a white moth pattern to imitate it thinking we were looking at a moth rather than a mayfly. It wasn’t until the 1990s that I saw it in a book & realized it was an actual mayfly species. You tied a really nice imitation with this one, Matt. Great job!
p.s. I don’t usually remember the Latin name, but I spent some time hunting this one down. Wiggie, my guide friend, told me the longest fight he ever saw with a huge landlocked salmon was on a “white moth.”
Great story Bob. And I'm betting you remembered right as Joe Duca just called it an Ephoron as well. And I agree that some bigger mayflies can look remarkably like moths. I've been fooled plenty of times thinking, "Where did that huge moth come from?" and then when it alights on the water, you can tell it's just a big beefy mayfly. When one lands on the water near me, I always hold my cast and watch it drift until it gets out of sight. Hoping to see a fish come up and eat it. Rarely have I seen it happen, but I have a time or two. :-)
White or off white has always been a good color for lures as well.
Morning Matt, before I saw the tie ( but did see the fly) I thought it would be called the Savage ghost
I love it Brian!
Great fly Matt n like the name Irish Cream! It's befitting as I'm decended Celtic myself. Great voyeur fishing w/u thru video. God Bless n fish on!
Thank you Richard! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
I'm going with "Marshmallow Cream". The stream you were fishing was beautiful!
I like it Rollin! And you're right... it's a great river. :-)
Very nice fly and love the fishing at the end. Many times “match the hatch” is the name of the game. So with the silver flash I’m calling it the match flash. Thanks for sharing.
I like it Mark! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
I would call that the Albino Mayfly, great looking fly.
I like it Jack! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Hello Matt 👋. I also like making up different patterns, the one you just did is a cool one. I like the silver flash, and the long white tail. I say let's name it the Crystal Comet. Tight lines. 👍
Oh, that's a great one Jim! I like it my friend. :-)
Hello Matt nice fly and way to read the river. Think a cool name would be the Flashy Mello Bug. Been on vacation last week tryig to cafch Northern Pike on the fly rod up on the St Lawrence River didn't get one but caught a few bass and lots of panfish. Have a great day and stay safe my friend.
This is a great name Karl! It's a mouthful but I kind of like it. Hope you had a great vacation my friend. :-)
Hey Matt that fly looks great.Raining today so think I will tie a couple.I don’t know how many times I have looked at a stretch of water and wondered why there wouldn’t be fish there.Love the videos of fishing your rivers.For a name I’ll put in “Matt’s Savage Light”.Thanks again for fishing videos.I love to see different waters.
Thanks Fredrick! And I love the name. :-)
That's a cool pattern-my kind of dry fly. I think it would work anywhere here (eastern Australia), especially on a calm warm evening on a small stream. :-) Nice little fish-I love catching any fish, as I use very light gear±1wt and a 4 wt. Great fun. :-)
Thanks Terry! And I'm like you. My 3-wt is my go-to here in Maryland. Sometimes the 2-wt, and this year I got my first 1-wt. That thing feels almost weightless. :-)
@@SavageFlies Great fun. Light fishing is terrific. Good to see and hear about. :-)
Looks like a great pattern. Thanks for sharing Matt. Have an awesome day.
Appreciate it Todd! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
You were having pretty good results with that fly. Let’s name it the Savage Slayer. Nice tying. Love the fishing footage. Thanks for sharing. Great video.
I like it Jeff! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
I'm thinking "Matt's Savage Sulfur" sounds perfect. Looks like a great fly!
I like it Garrett! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Really nice fly Matt thanks for the video I love it when they jump
Me too Marty! Thanks for the note. :-)
Cool fly Matt, and always enjoying your fishing!!!!!!
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
That’s a good looking fly!
Appreciate it Tom! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Good Morning Sir Matt, great looking bug, I would call it Savage Lightning Bug, because I'm sure this would work in many colors why limit it to just white or cream. Awesome footage Matt and a heck of a fly.
Thanks Edward! I think it was as hot here in Maryland as it was in Texas last week. :-)
Thank you. I think this pattern would work with many different colors.
You're welcome Arthur! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Great fly pattern.
The Savage silver mine
Nice one Rick!
Awesome Matt! You should call it the Silver Streak because you believe "the secret sauce" is that thin silver rib. Plus the trout seemed to hit it like a run away train 😉As far as what bug it may be I thought of the Ephoron or the "White Fly" that's known in PA. I don't know if they're on the Savage. Except for the wing it looks like the White Miller pattern. I've done well with a similar wet fly I found in one of those dial-a-box assortments bought at Kmart back in the day. Crappie love it, passes for a minnow fry I'd say. Matt, you have skills at the vise as well as the water. Thanks for sharing your experiment 🤓👍
Great comment Joe; thank you! And yes, the White Miller! I have heard of that one. I think it's in Don Kirk's GSM book. I haven't gotten to Bob's comment yet (FlyTyer1948) but I think he tried to recall the Latin name as well. It might have been something like the Ephoron. As far as PA and MD... if something hatches in the mountains of PA, it's probably also here in western MD. It's all pretty much the mid-Atlantic Appalachians. In fact, my farm is in the thinnest sliver of Maryland- about 200 yards from West Virginia and maybe 10 miles from PA.
@@SavageFlies Yes Ephoron leukon, white mayfly, "blizzard hatch"🌨Ephoron was stuck in my head with White Fly, I had to look up the leukon part 🔎 I've never seen them but with all the 90+ temps and humidity we've had I'm due for a nice blizzard!🥵🥶I wonder if the Coffin Fly is the spinner of the White Fly? I've also heard of the White Miller, which is what that dial-a-box wet fly I had. That's an obg caddis pattern🤯I know, confusion, just tie 'em and fish 'em. Names are fun, like the Silver Streak 😁Thanks Matt
I love seeing you put the flies into action Matt. Great work out there sir!
Well thank you Andre! And I appreciate you watching my friend. :-)
Great video Matt, “Irish Delight”. seems like a pretty nifty name
I like it! But I ended up going with the Irish Cream. :-)
I can’t blame you there. I thought Irish Cream was pretty snazzy too.
Nice fly Matt. I think you should call it the "O'Neal Silver Savage". I think I'm going to have to try it here in North Idaho. I will let you know how it works.
I like it Brian! And definitely do let me know if it works for you. :-)
I love it Matt. Been messing around with colors and other patters for streamers and nymphs. My dry fly rep isn’t deep enough to think about changing things up. Book marked this vid just for reference
Well thank you Sam! Speaking of mixing up colors for streamers, you're going to like Friday morning's video. It's a Mini Matuka that can be tied in pretty much any color combination you can dream up. :-)
That’s a productive fly for sure. The first name that popped into my head was vanilla bean
Oh man, I love it! And I can't think of a fly ever having been called a Vanilla Bean before. Good one. :-)
Nice tie. Can't wait to try it up here in MI. I'll go with the "savage river spirit"
Oh, I like this one Jeremy!
Tryin Fuzzy Buzzy!!! Good Luck ya all!!
Ha! That's a mouthful Richard but I kind of like it. :-)
Nice looking fly matt
Appreciate it Mark! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Great look!
Crème de matt
Interesting Mats magic weapon
I like it Darrell! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Great looking fly. What about “White Lightening”? Pretty brown you caught. Thanks for all you do Matt.
Thanks Chad! But you're about the sixth person to say White Lightning though. :-)
Great pattern. Will be tying up some for the Beaverkill this weekend. I think you should name it "White Lightening".. 😁😁
Already taken Alex! By several people so you're in good company. :-)
I wanted to mention that a cream colored mayfly like this one emerges on the Susquehanna river in phenomininal numbers the end of may. They come off so thick that they will coat your car and windshield. I don’t know what they are either. But on the lower river near the Norman wood bridge is where I seen them. I assume the small mouth bass have a field day. There nice sized with size 12 and 10 being the right size for them.
Nice pattern. I'd call it the "Ghost Fly".
Cool Fly Matt. Congrats on coming up with a successful pattern. I would call the "class act".
I like it Daryl! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
I like this tie👍 I would go with the lone ranger
That's awesome Thomas! I can't think of any fly having been named after the Lone Ranger. Nice one. :-)
I really like this fly. I want to call it the Albino Silver Wolf
Great name Jim but this contest was officially won with the "Irish Cream." But feel free to tie them yourself and call them whatever you want. :-)
@@SavageFlies Matt, I knew the contest was over. I like this fly. I will try it also. Have a good week.
@@JamesMcCutcheon You too Jim!
Without the tail it might be a good imitation of the white moths we see on the Gunpowder early in the year. I'll go with the White Wonder as a name for the competition! Cheers
I like it Neil! And I know the white moths you're talking about. I've seen them on the water but always thought they were so sporadic that I've never tied on on my line. Maybe I should give it a shot. :-)
Even though it's not a true sulfur fly I would still call it the Savage Silver Sulfur.
I like that! And kind of a double meaning with a nod to the old Silver Surfer Marvel comic.
Nice job. It has a resemblance to a fly, called the Kossie Dun, I have success with in Australia .✔️
Cool to hear Ian. I've never heard of it but I'm checking it out now. Wow, it looks a lot like Fran Betters' Usual. Kind of scruffy too. I like it. :-)
How about Matt's Marvelous Mayfly. Nice easy tie and from the stream video it looks like it works. Keep the good stuff coming.
I like it Dave! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
nice one Matt (cream ghost)
Awesome pattern matt.how bout Matt's savage mayfly.i like the wing on it.will be putting few in my box for sure.thanks for sharing
Thanks Mike! Have fun with it my friend. :-)
Call it The Elvis. It looks like Elvis in his white jumpsuit with the big white collar
OMG, that's hilarious! But oh man, an Elvis fly might have to be baby blue to match his most famous jumpsuit. But wait... now that I think about it. Maybe his white one was the one he wore most often. But we'd need to work some sequins in it somehow. :-)
I like White Lightning for that fly
I like it Timothy! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
It's a White Miller with a hair wing = White Miller Wulff. An alternative might be to copy the preference of Charles R. Meck. He seems to like to put the "Wulff" part first, so "Wulff White Miller" might sound more melodic.
That does sound pretty good! I never caught that Meck did that, but I do like the alliteration. :-)
@@SavageFlies -- Just to explain: Meck writes "Wulff Royal Coachman" referring to what is usually called "Royal Wulff." Of course, my memory might be wrong, but I think he wrote that consistently. Come to think of it, "White Wulff Miller" or Miller Wulff White" would also be possible. Your cat must be guffawing at my dumb contributions.
That's a GARLIC FLAKE!!
Another amazing tie Matt. This one HAS to work. I can’t wait to try it on the Gunpowder. How about “The Savage Spector?” Seems like a ghostly little bug that will haunt trout up and down that river. Keep tying, my friend.
I like it Mark! But I think a ghost is either specter or maybe spectre. Hmmm... I'll have to look that up!
@@SavageFlies I blame either my phone’s “auto-sometimes-correct” or my lifelong struggle with TDS-Thick Digit Syndrome (fat fingers).
Frosty the snow fly
Ha! I like it but maybe we should save this name for our Christmas fly. :-)
Hey Hey ! Matt, Great Tie as always.. "Irish Cream"... Might be time for a shot of Bristol's.. and a tin of sardines.. How about the "Reflector General" For some reason, I stopped receiving notifications from Savage Flies to my pc... I hope that fixes itself... lol.. All the very best
Greg Wasko
Great fly Matt! Sitting here looking at my vice trying to decide what to tie today. Think I'll give it a shot.
A name? How about the 'Flashy O'Neal'
I like it John! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Nice video Matt!
Inspired by the background music how about The pale morning fiddler? PMF
Ha! I like it Frank! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Call it the Honorable Matt Mayfly Pattern
Ha! I'm no judge but I kind of like it John. :-)
Nice. I'll have to watch local hatches to see if your "flashy albino mayfly" matches anything here. Thanks
Thanks Steven! And good luck with it my friend!
Great video! It is very pale and ghost-like... I'm thinking something along the lines of "spectre mayfly" or "phantom mayfly". No matter what you call it, it does the trick!
I like it Justin! It is a ghost-like fly. :-)
O'Neill's mayfly
Love the fly! I've definitely seen a few bugs that look like this around me so I'll be trying this out! Do you have any videos or recommendations on a filming setup? Your filming is some of the best!
Thanks Roley! I appreciate the kind words. Two videos come to mind. Brian Wise did a collaboration with a lot of us UA-cam fly tiers (his channel is Fly Fishing the Ozarks). And I did one about my bench setup. It's not completely about my camera setup but you can get an idea of how I film. I think Peter Charles also has one (Hooked4Life Fly Fishing) as well. Mine is at: ua-cam.com/video/N28nDvqs3Ro/v-deo.html And Brian's is at: ua-cam.com/video/pA7vT7FLZVc/v-deo.html
White Lightening.
I've seen this one recommended several times on here but you were first Theodore. And I like it! One of the best so far. :-)
Nice looking fly. Not sure if it has been mentioned but how about -The Savage Ghost.
I think there have been a couple names with Ghost in it. And one with Specter. But I like it!
👍👍
Nice job Matt and how about white lightning dry fly
Thanks David! But you're about the seventh person to say White Lightning though. :-)
Awesome fly. Really enjoy watching you fish with a fly you tied. There are thousandths of flies on U-Tube, but do they catch fish? Your’s catch fish. ( name, AF, for awesome fly).
Ha! Thanks Arthur. And I kind of like this name. If someone asks, "What are you using?" You can just say, "It's an AF."
Savage Flies - CreamSicle Mayfly
I like it Lee! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)
Awesome fly how about the ( creamy delight) like the fishing at the end
Thanks Pat! And I like it. :-)
White Mayfly Usual, based off the wing style
It does remind me of a Usual. Good call!
Call it the "White Knight". A little bit of a nod to Monty Python and seems like it would work best out here in Colorado at dusk when a lot of white-ish colored moth fly around this time of year.
I like that Joe! And I can't think of any other patterns called the White Knight. Nice one. :-)
Yes sir… also the white hackle feathers you are using… what size and type. And can I get these from J Stockard??
Morning Matt. Like the flies. The savage river is running perfectly. How are the temps out there? Here if you're lucky to fish in the morning until 10am. Water reaches 68 by that time.
Thanks Nich! Last weekend was the hottest we'd had all year. Mid- to upper-90s, but only the mid-80s on the mountain. And the Savage is a tailwater fed from the reservoir so temps were about 62 most of the day. Good fishing water. :-)
Enjoyed the video. How about the Savage Vanilla Ghost?
I like it Mark! Thanks for watching my friend. :-)