The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
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This can be a fun little jig to really play around with to get the most out of a jig fly. For more of an emerger pattern, try adding a CDC tuft, or partridge feather for a great soft hackle pattern. If you don’t want to use quill bodies, try d-rib or midge tubing to get that same great ribbing effect on the body! Get creative with the colors and materials for a fly that will really produce.
With a large tungsten bead plus a few wraps of lead free weight, this fly sinks incredibly fast. This is one to have for those summer days fishing plunge pools when you need your dropper to get down as quick as possible to the strike zone below the white water. The large breadth of mayfly nymphs that this fly can imitate makes this a great searching fly. If a fish sees it, it will more than likely recognize it as something they can eat. This is a very versatile platform, making it a great year round pattern, size it down in the winter to as small as #20s and upsize it in the summer to up to #12. Fish it under a bobber, as the point fly on a euro nymph rig, or as the dropper on a dry dropper rig and let it work its magic!
This is a very versatile fly to have in a box. The weight of the fly allows this fly to sink very quickly and stay on the bottom. This fly is very friendly to the beginner euro nympher, as the jig hook will ride hook point up along the bottom, and the tungsten bead with the weight wraps lets the angler feel every bump along the bottom of the river. The stringy dubbing collar allows this fly to have some movement in the water as well, making the fly look like an early stage emerging insect coming off the bottom, so it is not imperative to have a perfectly dead drifted fly. This fly also works very well under a terrestrial dry fly in the summertime and can get some of those less eager fish to bite. Tie it on and give it a go!
Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: Northwest
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: East
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: Southeast
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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Region: Midwest
Blue Wing Olive Sizes: #16 - #24
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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
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Northwest
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: East
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Midwest
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #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
Callibaetis Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Northwest
Callibaetis Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: East
Callibaetis Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Midwest
Callibaetis 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, Midwest
Green Drake Sizes: #8 - #14
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Region: East
Green Drake Sizes: #8 - #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: East, Midwest
Hendrickson Sizes: #10 - #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: East
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Southeast
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Midwest
Isonychia 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: East
Light Cahill Sizes: #12 - #20
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Region: Midwest
Light Cahill Sizes: #12 - #20
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Region: Northwest
Light Cahill Sizes: #12 - #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
Mahogany Dun Sizes: #14 - #20
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Region: East, Midwest
Mahogany Dun 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, East
March Brown Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Northwest
March Brown Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Midwest
March Brown Sizes: #10 - #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, East, Southeast, Midwest
PMD 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: East, Southeast
Quill Gordon Sizes: #12 - #16
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