I wonder if I'm alone in having several successful dry-flies that possess grey bodies. A fail safe pattern that I would never leave without is the Adams Klinkhåmer.
So it would be safe to presume that the original Adams along with other variations would serve well.
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| Adams in its original guise |
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| Adams paraloop emerger |
Another established pattern is the Grey Duster. Originally tied to represent an emerging midge, many use it to imitate olives.
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| Grey Duster with golden badger hackle |
What about Oliver Kites Imperial. Tied as a Large Dark Olive pattern it incorporated heron herl for the abdomen.
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| Kite's Imperial variant tied with a medium ginger hackle |
Peter Hayes' PhD is without doubt my favourite olive imitation. Muskrat provides the grey in this pattern; also in common with another successful grey bodied fly it has an underbody of yellow thread.
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| PhD showing the underside. The hackle is tied paraloop style. |
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| Front view showing the paraloop hackle and split wing |
The Waterhen Bloa is one of the all time greatest north country spiders. A body of yellow silk with a misting of mole fur for dubbing. So it would be safe to apply the same to a dry-fly. Having never spoken to john Tyzack I don't know if the WhB was the inspiration behind his JT olive, but I like to think so. I have never used this pattern before but I have plenty tied up for the coming season.
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| The JT olive |
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| JT olive tied with a sparsely dubbed body |
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