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.
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...
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...
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...
Bunny Duns are becoming popular for fishing to selective trout in some of the more well known fly fishing waters. The Blue Winged Olive Bunny Dun has a lifelike mayfly shape and, unlike most...
Blue Winged Olive Parachute flies are very popular in fly fishing due to their combination of visibility and fishability. This fishing fly closely resembles a hatching Blue Winged Olive dun, floats...
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