Dry FliesDyret
Gunnar Bingen's Dyret is built for caddis moving sluggishly across cold water, taking their time to become airborne after emerging. A dirty badger saddle hackle and hare's ear body give it a mottled, buggy look, with deer hair forming both head and tail.
Spring, Summer, Fall
Intermediate
Trout
Feb 2026
Overview
Gunnar Bingen paired deer hair at both the head and tail with a dirty badger saddle hackle, producing a shaggy silhouette suited to sluggish, cold-water insects rather than crisp, upright duns. The hare's ear body adds mottled color and translucency underneath. It's a good choice for early-season hatches or cold snaps, when caddis drift longer distances before finally taking flight, on both moving water and stillwaters.
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Materials
- Hook:
- Tiemco 102Y #13
- Thread:
- Benecchi 12/0, tobacco
- Head/tail:
- Deer hair
- Hackle:
- Saddle, dirty badger
- Body:
- Hare's ear
Behavior & Presentation
Natural Behavior: Mayflies and caddis drift on the surface after emergence, wings held in species-specific positions while bodies harden. Natural movement from materials suggests lifelike prey.
Where Trout Eat It: Fish cruise feeding lanes in the upper water column, targeting adults in slicks and seams.
How to Fish It: Present with drag-free drifts through prime lies, allowing natural material movement.
Best Water: Tail-outs, slicks, seams, and riffle edges where surface insects concentrate and drift.
Strike Type: Confident rises with visible head-and-shoulder movements as fish take drifting adults.
Fishing Strategy
Rigging Suggestions: Use a 9-12 foot leader tapering to 5X tippet for delicate presentations. Apply floatant to the body and hackle.
Seasonal Timing: Most effective during peak feeding periods at dawn and dusk. Water temperatures between 45-65°F typically produce best results.
Pro Tips: The Dyret's versatile profile makes it an excellent confidence pattern for exploring new water or when hatch conditions are uncertain. Its buoyancy and visibility allow effective use as an indicator fly in dry-dropper rigs with beadhead nymphs in sizes 16-20.
Entomology
In cold water conditions, adult caddisflies move sluggishly across the surface with labored wing beats, taking much longer to become airborne after egg-laying. Fish feed deliberately on these cold-stunned insects that drift extended distances, providing easy targets when metabolic rates slow their escape reflexes.
- Order
- Trichoptera
- Common Name
- Caddisfly
- Organism Type
- insect
- Life Stage
- adult
