The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Golden Stonefly, Salmonfly, Skwala Stone
Hard - 10-15 Min
Coldwater
Even though this is a pattern that represents very few bugs on the water at the same time, you can still get creative with the colors and some of the materials used. For more of a hopper pattern, use green or red foam for the underside, and brown or black foam for the top side. If you want to get a more realistic stonefly pattern, try adding turkey quills to the tail and head for antennae.
Since this fly is 90% foam this thing will float like a cork. The extended body adds a level of realism and with the segmented tail, this fly will drive fish crazy during stonefly hatches. The lifelike qualities of this fly also allows this fly to be fished with success drowned. The wing sparkles like the real thing, and will trigger explosive strikes both on the surface and just under.
Since this is a stonefly pattern, try fishing this fly aggressively on the surface of the water. Especially in windy days when larger bugs are flying around, try to slap this fly down by stopping the cast shorter than you normally would when trying to delicately place flies on the surface. Since stoneflies do not have an aquatic emerging stage and crawl out on the banks and willows to emerge, the only time these insects experience water is in the nymph stage, or when they fly back to the water to lay their eggs in the stream. Since this is the case, it is usually the weakened flies that get caught in the wind and forced down to the river, and they don’t land softly.
| 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
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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