Sunday, May 9, 2010

Yankee Buzzer - New Chironomid paterrn



I have heard a lot about the new lake pattern from the bench of Rob Kolanda, he was working for Front Range Anglers. The pattern is named the Yankee Buzzer, not a lot of info on the pattern yet. Was able to find  the pattern for sale at Front Range Anglers. The Pattern is being produced by Solitude Flies. The fly is tied in 4 color combinations, black, red, olive and brown. I have tied 3 out of the 4 color combos. I have made some minor changes to the pattern. 1st change is the hook, I'm tying it on a MFC #7231 2XL curved shank hook. Second change is the wing buds I'm using amber biots, they used a amber flex floss. 

The picture above is the Solitude pattern that I purchased from Front Range Anglers.  Not the best looking fly. 

All the flies below are ones that I tied 
Olive Yankee Buzzer

Black Yankee Buzzer

Red Yankee Buzzer


12 comments:

  1. CP, now I know what all the "buzz" is about, very nicely tied!

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  2. two words..... Those are some smoking hot lookiing buzzer patterns!!! whos counting words?

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  3. Awesome looking buzzers. What color thread did you use on the Olive one??

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  4. Thanks for the nice comments, will give these a test on Saturday. I will report back

    Troutbum1 the color of thread yellow olive by UTC

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  5. my comment would be - whats new about these buzzers? the brits have been doing epoxy buzzer patterns for many years. they may have even created the pattern.

    http://www.flyforums.co.uk/fly-tying-forum/59704-classics-buzzer-wet.html

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  6. I guess you would have to ask the fly designer Rob Kolanda why he considers this a new pattern. Buzzers have been around a long time. There is something about the pattern he thinks is new?

    http://frontrangeanglers.com/catalog/yankee-buzzer-chironomid-fly-selection

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  7. Wheither they're new or long standing patterns, they're outstanding in my book. The coating on the flies really make them like-like. Great ties!

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  8. These look great. I tied some up after I saw them on the FRA site as well. I tried amber antron for the wing buds but like you found that orange biots look better. I use Oral-B dental floss for the gill structure - something I picked up from Rick Takahashi.
    Is it just the way the light strikes it during photography or are you using a double wire rib on the black version (red & silver?)

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  9. The black version is tied with a red and silver wire, ribbed together

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  10. Great looking flies and as buzzer fishing is my passion then I would definitely fish these here in Scotland. Cheers and tight lines for the future.

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