The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
None
Easy - 3-5 Min
Warmwater
I have never done another variation on this fly because I’ve never had to. It works great as is. Usually we encourage creativity but for here, you can stick with the recipe, it works great. The only options we recommend is swapping the red chenille with sili worm material from Caster. It works well too and has a bit more movement and wiggle than chenille
Aside from the backstabber, this fly is my number one confidence fly for carp. It really gets carp because it looks like a annelid in the water and it looks like a small baitfish/crayfish moving around too. It gets the carp moving and eating and I’ve caught carp stripping and letting this fly sit. The chenille tail is the magic on this fly in my opinion.
Without giving you a whole course on fly fishing for carp, I will say that the best tips are making sure the weight matches the water depth and that you’re using enough weight to get it down fast so you don’t miss the approach on the fish as they are mudding, but light enough that you don’t spook them. They have amazing hearing so a plop in the water can spook them easily.
No hatch chart data available for this selection.
Sign up for full access to the Learning Center
and all the FlyBrary Content.
payment methods accepted
Copyright © 2003 – 2025 MidCurrent LLC, All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2003 – 2025 MidCurrent LLC, All Rights Reserved.