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TWO GREAT FLIES Ramirock Hook: Orvis 1510-00 Curved Nymph sizes # 14 & 16
Thread: Giorgio Benecchi’s Ultra Strong 10/0 – White or chartreuse.
Tail: Patagonian Silver Fox
Abdomen: Giorgio Benecchi’s Red copper wire # 0.25, tapered
Thorax: Awsome hair, mixed colors
Wingcase: Root beer Krystal Flash
It can be tied with or without bead head.
How I fish it: I generally use it below a big attractor fly like a Stimulator or a Trude, always dead drifted.
Sometimes I use it by itself and let it swing.
For deeper rivers or early season, I tie it with a tungsten bead head. It mostly works for me on bright sunny days, when most people are going home fishless.
The reason I tied this fly, and kept it always like this was one day I had a customer who introduced me to the Lighting Bug, a silver bright nymph that caught fish after fish, while my “normal” nymphs, weren’t producing much.
We went fishing to other river further north and we forgot most of the fly tying materials on the other truck.
I dig into a box I had and picked the brightest materials possible (the one’s described on the recipe), and if we killed all the fish we caught we would still be in the Greenpeace list of Most Wanted.
The reason I named it Ramirock is because my younger son is named Ramiro this fly sinks like a rock.
I think it works really well because of all the “bling-bling”
Species I caught with this fly: Brown, rainbow and Brook trout.
Atlantic landlocked Salmon.
A beautiful Sea run brown trout of 11.7 kg
Steelhead on Lake Erie tributaries.
And, Carp, also on the Elk Creek in PA while fishing for Steelhead with my friend Bob Schoeller, which laughed on my face every time I hooked one expecting a Steelie.
San Fermin (Marabou Muddler) Hook: Mustad 3906 B # 6 – 8
Tail: Owl or Bronze Mallard
Rib: Medium flat tinsel
Body: Dark Brown wool
Throat: Peacock sword
Wing: Black over orange over white marabou with pearl flashabou accent (4 strands)
Head and collar: Deer Hair
I tied this fly to imitate a Puyen (Gallaxidae family) commonly found on Argentinean streams. Actually most Puyen found in our streams are brown in color, but I thought that it looked good.
I also think that it imitates the Pancora, our famous crab.
The first time it hit the water produced a fish, so I never changed the pattern except the tail. I originally used Owl wing but since it is protected, I now use mallard. If you happen to find one dead Owl, please call me, I’ll guide you for free.
I generally fish this fly down and across, streamer style with either a sink tip or a floating line. I use the floating line late afternoon when the big browns move around and they follow the wake of the fly, which rides just below the surface.
It has produced several large fish for me and my customers and a few Atlantic landlocked salmon on the Traful River over 5 lbs.
Whenever you see an undercut bank with slow to medium moving water in Patagonia, give this fly a try. It may produce the biggest Brown trout of your trip.
And, if you tie it with an Owl feather tail, increase the tippet diameter to 0X (just kidding) I just have an Owl feather fetish!
The reason it is called San Fermin is because my older son name is Fermin and my last name is Vasque. The San Fermin Fiesta (July 7th) is “the” most important date in the Vasque tradition, if in doubt, read Hemmingway!!!!!
Species I caught with this fly: Rainbow, brown and brook trout
Atlantic landlocked Salmon
Atlantic Salmon in Chile
Steelhead
Coho Salmon
Jurel (Trachurus trachurus) on some estuaries in Southern Chile |
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