The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Golden Stonefly, Salmonfly, Yellow Sally and 3 others
Easy - 5-7 Min
Coldwater
Unfortunately, no substitutions really have a place in this pattern because of the simplicity of the fly, and the very few materials it uses. Sticking to the recipe will produce an easy to tie, fish fooling fly that you’ll be eager to fish!
No crazy variations on the Halfback Nymph, but one is notable. Adding a tungsten or brass bead to this pattern can really sink it down if you need to get to deeper pockets, or just like weighted nymphs better. You can also change out hackle colors, and pheasant tail colors to make this pattern pop a little bit more. Having a few sizes always helps out too.
All of the hackle on this fly makes for an ultra buggy appearance under water. Adding to that, the underbody of peacock herl has an iridescent sheen that seems to pull fish in like a magnet. The Halfback Nymph uses very minimal, simple materials; along with the fact that it is easy and fun to tie. It may not be the coolest or most eye catching bug in your box, but i bet the fish would beg to differ. The only way to find out is to try it!
Fishing this fly as the first fly in a nymph rig in either the beaded version, or the original version with some split shot is a prime spot for this fly. It can also be fished under a dry fly such as a Sofa Pillow or Chubby Chernobyl when the stoneflies are out doing their thing. Just make sure you get enough weight in some form or fashion to get the fly down the the fish.
| 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, Midwest
Green Stone Sizes: #12 - #18
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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
Little Black Stone Sizes: #14 - #20
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Region: Midwest
Little Black Stone 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
Salmonfly Sizes: #6 - #14
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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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