The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
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Medium - 3-5 Min
Coldwater
There are several variations you can do on this pattern. Primarily, you can sub out the peacock herl body for a different colored dubbing to change the color of this fly substantially. In addition, you can add rubberlegs to the head of the fly for a wider profile. Mix and match colors, legs, and sizes and you’ll have a box full of these in no time.
An attractor pattern at heart, it’s a blend between a frenchie and a prince nymph. Mixing those two patterns leads to very good success and this fly is a very trustworthy, top-producing fly. I personally tie a variation of this called the frencheuro that is very close to this in look and it is one of my top producing flies. It works year round and on any river if you present it well. This, as are many of the euro-style flies, is easy to tie and is successful in many different rivers and situations.
Fish this fly using tightline techniques. Ditch the indicator and keep a tightline and your line perpindicular (90 degrees) from the waters surface. It’s surprisingly easy to detect strikes if you do this and can help you get a far better drift for a variety of reasons.
I like this fly in a 2 or 3 fly nymph set up and in faster water.
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