The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Blue Wing Olive
Easy - 1-3 Min
Coldwater
With only two materials there are no real substitutions, without making a new pattern.
Change dubbing color and CDC feather color to make a fly that works for you.
This is an excellent “guide fly” where you can tie a bunch that work well in a variety of rivers in a matter of a few minutes. Cheap, easy to tie and effective is what we’re nearly all looking for anyway isn’t it? Though I have yet to use this fly personally, it’s on my “must tie” list for spring and fall.
When you apply a CDC duster like frogs fanny to this fly, it can cause air bubbles to be trapped in the CDC as it lands or just sinks below the water. This is one of the many reasons CDC is such an excellent material because many emerging insects use air bubbles to help get them to the surface. Trout see and key in on this and any pattern that can imitate this has a great advantage over other flies.
Once it sinks from a few casts, let it drift before swinging it to the top of the water column at the end of your drift. You’ll get a lot of strikes in this fashion.
In short, don’t be afraid to let it sink a little.
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Region: West
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: Northwest
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: East
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: Southeast
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: Midwest
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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