The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
Golden Stonefly, Yellow Sally, Skwala Stone and 2 others
Easy - 3-5 Min
Coldwater
The Navy Diver is a unique fly in the sense that it uses the Sulky material as the thread, and body of the fly. It doesn’t imitate anything specific, but it can make the impression of many different insects. There is only one worth while substitution for this fly.
Tail: Any round rubber legs of similar size will do the trick. Spanflex. or Sexi-Floss can also work quite well.
Changing up attractor patterns is always fun because there is no limit to what you can do. In this case color and size are the most important variations. You can tie this bug in literally any color combination you can think of. If you’re trying to imitate a certain bug, obviously you want to match the colors. If you’re strictly using it as an attractor, try some funky colors on for size!
The two largest benefits to this pattern are it’s durability, and it’s weight. The UV resin coating, and rubber legs means this bug can take a beating! Most commonly tied with a tungsten bead, this fly dives, dives, dives! The name speaks for itself! Those are some great on the water benefits, but it’s got some benefits to boast at the tying bench as well. The sulky material, and wire are available in so many different colors that variation is a walk in the park. Not to mention the fact that you can crank a bunch of these off your vise in no time at all.
This is an incredible lead fly in a nymph rig due to it’s weight. It will do an impeccable job of taking your other bugs down to where the fish are in a timely fashion. Being the attractor pattern that it is, fishing this fly when you’re unsure of what bugs are around will do you a solid most of the time.
| 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
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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