Blue-Winged Olive Nymph
Nymph
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: 1x long Nymph, Size 16
Thread: Brown 10/0
Tail: Mallard Flank Fibers, Dyed Wood Duck
Rib: Brown Thread
Abdomen: Rabbit Dubbing, Light Olive
Wing case: Natural Duck Wing Slip
Thorax: Rabbit Dubbing, Light Olive
Legs: Partridge, Natural
Notes:
Blue-Winged Olive (BWO) nymphs are moss creepers that spend most of their formative months crawling within dens mosses or resting under stones where trout cannot easily find them. They are found in the gravelly substrate of freestone streams, creeks, and tailwaters. BWO mayflies are known to fishermen as Blue-Winged Olives or simply Olives.