RS2 help

[mizzouflyfisher]

I'm looking to tie up a bunch of RS2s. What kind of tail material is typically used. I don't want to spend several bucks on microfibets, so what else should I try. This whole tuition thing is killing my fishing money. Also, do you match the CDC to the color of the body, or can you just use white/cream on all of them. That junk is expensive also. Let me know what ideas are out there.

Mizzouflyfisher

[rmueller]

Antron yarn. Cheap and lots of colors. Separate a few strands from the yarn and tie in.

MizzouFF, I am also here at mizzou. Do you spend anytime at Clearwater flyshop in Columbia?

[Okieflyfisher53]

You can also use stiff hackle fibers for the tail. The original did not have cdc as the wing, it had fluff from the base of a hackle.

Steve

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Thread and fluff is all it really is if you don't want to get to complicated on the RS2. Use deer hair or moose for the tail... just watch your proportions... as it is that makes the fly. LESS IS BETTER than more.. write that down.

The RS2 is a goldmine of a pattern.. check this out below :

RS2 HOME SITE

happy tying - Brian

[mizzouflyfisher]

Thanks for the help guys.

rmueller-I do spend some time at Clearwater-I'll probably be over there tomorrow. I don't get over there a lot though, because I order most of my materials off the internet.

Brian-Thanks for the tippet-everything is great. I hope to meet up with you sometime down at Taney.

Mizzouflyfisher

[Lucky Fly]

I tie some RS2's with a foam wing. 2mm craft foam from walmart ($.50) will do the trick. Cut a thin sliver of the foam tie it in and then trim to length. A hot pattern that has produced very well for me on local waters and also on the san juan. Don't limit yourself to the standard gray either, tie some in a chocolate brown.

I use comparadun hair for the tails.

Good tying and tight lines

Steve

[Wayne SW/MO]

Mizzou if you want to tie some cheap, but close to the original, use the "fluff" off the hackle stem for the wing and you can get by with bucktail for the tails. I would use the thick base rather then the tips of the tail fibers.

Remember that, IMO, the key is the emerging wing and the rest probably is not as important as the wing.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Wayne - " fluff " / you talking about aftershaft feathers ?

?

Brian

[Wayne SW/MO]

No brian, I'm thinking of the very soft fibers at the base of stem. Not sure what they are called.

[Oldschoolcane]

Brian~

Thanks for sharing that link to the RS2, does anyone have any ideas for our local waters on what colors seem to fish the best?? Thanks.

Tim