Garcia's Mother's Day Sally | FLY TYING TUTORIAL

We've all heard the old adage "Don't try to reinvent the wheel, just realign it." This fly is the epitome of that sentiment. Greg Garcia's Mother's Day Sally is a variation of his Mother's Day Caddis, an incredibly popular egg-laying caddis imitation distributed by Umpqua Feather Merchants.

While the Mother's Day Caddis was created to imitate the bugs present in the famous Mother's Day Caddis hatch on the Arkansas River in Colorado, the Mother's Day Sally was created to imitate the yellow sallies (small yellow stoneflies) that begin to pop up on western rivers during the summer months. In larger sizes, this versatile pattern can be be used to imitate an adult golden stonefly. While the yellow sallies do not begin to appear until a little later, the Arkansas River will see golden stones hatching around the same time as the Mother's Day Caddis. If you're fishing that legendary hatch, mix in the Mother's Day Sally as a good change-of-pace fly.

In this video, Anglers All's former general manager and Umpqua Signature Tyer Greg Garcia takes us through the process of tying his Mother's Day Sally. Scroll down for the full fly recipe and video chapters for each segment of the fly tying tutorial.

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MATERIALS LIST: Mother's Day Sally

HOOK: Tiemco 100 OR Tiemco 100SP-BL (12 - 16)

BEAD: Killer Caddis Glass Beads (Midge | Orange)

THREAD 1: 8/0 UNI-Thread (Orange)

THREAD 2: 8/0 UNI-Thread (Lt. Cahill)

BODY & THORAX: Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing (Pale Yellow)

UNDERWING: Flashabou (Mirage) AND Krystal Flash (Orange & Lime Green)

WING: Stimulator Deer Hair (Bleached)

HACKLE: Hen Hackle (Medium Dun)

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CHAPTERS / TIME STAMPS: Tying the Mother's Day Sally

00:00 - Intro
01:03 - Greg's tips for adding small glass beads to hooks
01:38 - Starting Thread 1 (Orange UNI-Thread)
02:13 - Setting and tying the bead into place
02:43 - Whip finish and trim orange thread
02:56 - Starting Thread 2 (Lt. Cahill UNI-Thread)
03:08 - Dubbing the body
03:45 - Greg's tips for how thick to dub the body
04:56 - Tying in the underwing
06:08 - Prepping, stacking, and measuring the deer hair
08:08 - Tying in the wing
10:08 - Measuring and placing the hackle
10:34 - Wrapping the hackle
12:13 - Build a head with thread wraps and whip finish
12:56 - Add a drop head cement to secure the head