Dave Borjas
Montana
Dave's been tying flies for about 25 years
(many spools ago) and became a professional in 1978 when he sold his first fly.
A year later he began guiding on Montana's Beaverhead and Bighole rivers and became one of the most reputable guides in the United States.
Dave says, "If I had to choose between the two, I'd choose fly tying, hands down!"
Select one of Dave's flies:
Dave's Crawdad
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Hook:
Straight eye streamer.
Thread: 3/0 brown.
Shellback: Wiggle Crawstick, Edge Water product.
Underbody: Brown and white hackle, palmered thick.
Pinchers: Brown marabou tied to brown vernille.
Feelers: 2-4 porcupine guard hairs.
Eyes: small doll eyes.
This weighted sub-surface teaser is a fun fly to tie.
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Tier: Dave Borjas
Hook:
Dry fly, 1x short.
Thread: Olive, 8/0.
Tail: Woodduck flank.
Abdomen: Goose biot, olive.
Legs: Woodduck flank.
Hackle: 2-3 wraps of olive hackle.
Wing: Young bull elk, flank.
Notes: Tail and legs are of the same bunch of woodduck flank.
Tie in the tail and leave the butts long. After tying in and wrapping the abdomen, simply split the woodduck butts, forming a
bunch of legs on each side of fly.
Tie down with a couple wraps of thread and you have instant legs.
The Quigley cripple is a fly I've been using for quite some time on the
Beaverhead for those persnickety browns. I met The original designer, Bob Quigley, years ago when he was operating on the Fall River in Nothern Calif.
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Tier: Dave Borjas
Hook:
Straight eye streamer hook.
Thread: Single strand floss, florescent orange.
Butt: Tying thread.
Tail: Round rubber, brown.
Abdomen: Tying thread, overlaid with black hackle reverse palmered, tied
down with medium copper wire and trimmed.
Wing: Bull elk flank, topped with brown bear hair.
Head and Collar: Moose hair, trimmed short (collar) on underside.
Legs: Round rubber, brown.
The Salmon fly is about the biggest dry fly that I can think of.
What a joy to drift these beauties along a willow lined run of the Bighole in mid June!
Thoughts of theses flies during a drag free float make the long tying season easier to handle.
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for your tying needs.