The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Golden Stonefly, Salmonfly, Skwala Stone 
Easy - 3-5 Min 
Coldwater One of the beautiful things about this pattern, besides the fact that it is addicting to trout, is that there is plenty of materials you can substitute. There’s no excuse not to sit down and spin up a few of these for your next outing!
Variations on this pattern are simple, but very important to take advantage of as that could be the ticket to a more successful day.
Color: Red is a go to color for one of the wire choices, but you can switch the other color between things like copper, gold, silver, black, or really anything else you like.
Legs: Adding in some Spanflex or SexiFloss legs on each side of the thorax can really bring the fish out of hiding.
The Hot Wire Prince has just the right mix of eye catching color and flash, paired with some materials that move more naturally in the water. That’s a hard junction to come to in fly tying, but this bug accomplishes it quite well. Although the wire is not natural, and meant to be flashy, it does a wonderful job of creating the right segmentation you would see on a stonefly. If you’ve struggled to find a confidence fly for summer stones, your search has just ended!
Tie this fly on above a smaller nymph or two under an indicator, or underneath a dry fly such as a Chubby Chernobyl. Both methods will produce plenty of stonefly loving trout in the correct conditions! Color is a big factor with this fly. If the fish aren’t seeming to key in on it, try changing the colors on the wire a few times before ditching it.
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region: West Golden StoneflySizes: #8 - #16 | ||||||||||||
Region: Northwest Golden StoneflySizes: #8 - #16 | ||||||||||||
Region: East Golden StoneflySizes: #8 - #16 | ||||||||||||
Region: Midwest Golden StoneflySizes: #8 - #16 |
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest SalmonflySizes: #6 - #14 |
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest Skwala StoneSizes: #12 - #16 |
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