Any trout fisher that has spent a frustrating time trying to imitate BWOs in a heavy hatch only to watch every pattern get ignored will love the Crippled Blue Winged Olive. Trout sometimes ignore all of the healthy mayflies during a hatch and only eat the drowned or stillborn adults. This is where the Cripple Blue Wing Olive excels. Make sure you have some cripple patterns in your box and you'll have the secret weapon when the fish get ultra selective.
Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi introduced the Comparadun style of dry fly in the early 1970 and wrote about it in their manualHatches (and Hatches II ). The BWO Comparadun sits...
The Slate/Olive Comparadun Fly is a very effective pattern for selective fish. The color and profile of this fly closely match the natural mayflies found on the water. Fish do not refuse this...
Fly fishers who frequently encounter highly selective trout will enjoy CDC Blue Winged Olive. The floatation qualities of CDC make it possible to fish this sparse and realistic dry fly without having...
Blue Winged Olive Traditional continues to prove itself as a top producing pattern. This basic pattern floats well, is durable, and has a silhouette fish love. These characteristics will keep...
The Thorax Blue Winged Olive was created to have the exact profile and impression of a mayfly dun on the water. The hackle is trimmed on the bottom of the fly which makes it land upright and float...
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