The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Blue Wing Olive, PMD, Trico
Medium - 7-10 Min
Coldwater
There is only one plausible substitution on this fly in our opinion. Otherwise, sticking to the recipe is the best call. This fly has a little different look to it than most emergers, but it sure catches fish.
Tail: Wood Duck Flank Feather will also work for the tail on this fly.
This pattern best imitates the smaller, more subtle mayfly species like BWO’s, PMD’s, and tricos. All you’ve got to do to switch insects on this fly is chnage the color of the superfine dubbing to BWO, PMD, black, or any other color you prefer. You also may want to switch thread colors depending on the insect. As usual, have a few sizes at the ready.
Harrop’s Short Wing Emerger is an ultra versatile mayfly pattern that should absolutely have a place in your box. It may have an odd look to it with the laid down wings, but the fish go crazy for it. If you’re dealing with stubborn fish sipping mayflies, but you can’t get them to eat, pull this guy out of your quiver. Fish can’t resist the natural proportions, and life like features.
You can fish this fly one of two ways. It can be fished as a subsurface emerger pattern in a nymph rig, or be greased up with some floatant to be fished in the film of the surface. If you plan to go the nymph rig route, this fly will for sure need some heavier bugs or split shit to get it down in the water column a bit. If you’re going to fish it on top, it can pay off to have a bigger, more buoyant dry fly in front of it to act as a strike indicator.
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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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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest, East, Southeast, Midwest
PMD Sizes: #14 - #20
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest
Trico Sizes: #18 - #26
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Region: East, Southeast, Midwest
Trico Sizes: #18 - #26
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