The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Golden Stonefly, Yellow Sally, Skwala Stone
Easy - 3-5 Min
Coldwater
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The only required material is goose biots to make the back and tail all at the same time, all the rest can be subbed out if needed though the original recipe is preferred.
This is a quick and easy pattern to tie once you get the biots down. Then with different colors you can imitate all stoneflies. Black and grey colors for salmonfly nymphs, brown and chocolate colors for brown stones etc. The key on the variations is to make the biots darker than the dubbing. Stoneflies have a lighter colored underbelly and their tops are darker. This is true for nearly all stonefly nymphs, so make that a standard as you variate on this pattern.
The Euro golden biot stone is an impressionistic stonefly pattern imitating small to medium sized golden stonefly nymphs. This pattern is great for two reasons. One, you can tie it in a wide range of sizes to match the stones in your river. Secondly, realistic stoneflies have a very two toned body, and tying a biot back and dubbing underside really helps imitate that coloration.
This fly fishes well in early spring to early summer. As the water warms up, the snow melts and the waters get a little murky. The UV dubbing helps the fly get found in these waters as stoneflies use the cover of the murk to move to the shallows to molt before the climb out of the water to hatch.
If you’re using a jig-style as the recipe suggests for euro-nymphing, then placing this as your middle fly in a 3 fly rig works great. If you can only do 2 flies, then make it the point fly (bottom fly) and that will work best.
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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Region: Northwest
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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Region: East
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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Region: Midwest
Golden Stonefly Sizes: #8 - #16
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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
Skwala Stone Sizes: #12 - #16
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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, Midwest
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Northwest
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: East, Southeast
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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