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
CP, now I know what all the "buzz" is about, very nicely tied!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking pattern!
ReplyDeletetwo words..... Those are some smoking hot lookiing buzzer patterns!!! whos counting words?
ReplyDeleteAwesome looking buzzers. What color thread did you use on the Olive one??
ReplyDeleteThanks for the nice comments, will give these a test on Saturday. I will report back
ReplyDeleteTroutbum1 the color of thread yellow olive by UTC
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.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flyforums.co.uk/fly-tying-forum/59704-classics-buzzer-wet.html
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?
ReplyDeletehttp://frontrangeanglers.com/catalog/yankee-buzzer-chironomid-fly-selection
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!
ReplyDeleteThese 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.
ReplyDeleteIs it just the way the light strikes it during photography or are you using a double wire rib on the black version (red & silver?)
The black version is tied with a red and silver wire, ribbed together
ReplyDeleteGreat looking patterns!
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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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