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Brian D.
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The RS2

It seems like RS2s are a popular fly for a bunch of folks who like fishing tiny stuff, but I don't seem to have much luck with them. I catch a lot of fish on WD40s, which are at least vaguely similar as patterns go, but RS2s don't do much for me.
What am I missing?
bd
What am I missing?
bd
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Seriously, sounds like a confidence issue. Fish a pattern you have no confidence in, and you'll get blanked every time.
Mike
I never have luck with them when I try them in the surface film. Down deep I have caught quite a few on them.
Tie 'em with CDC instead of that piece of pheasant rump or whatever. Worse comes to worst, take the split shot off and use them as dries.
This is a pic of one similar to what I've had good luck on.
Looks like my CDC BWO
We don't really have much in the way of tricos around here. Maybe that's the problem.
We get occasional hatches of BWOs here and there, but our local fish don't seem too impressed by them. I've seen them midging or taking caddis out of a crowd of BWOs that are all being ignored.
When I've fished the RS2, I've been fishing it as a midge emerger, the same way I use the WD40. Could be that I'm casting the right fly at the wrong times.
bd
Out west it probably does. Here in PA limestone country the CDC version works as a BWO emerger. A little trailing clear poly braid looking like a cripple's shuck makes it work even better. Essentially the same fly, but in yellow or orange, is deadly during the evening sulphur hatch.