FLY
Dry Fly
Blue Wing Olive
Tied by Darrell Olson
Blue Wing Olive recipe
| Hook | Kona BDF, Size 16 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Veevus 12/0 Olive |
| Tail | Dun Hackle Fibers |
| Body | Super Fine BWO Dubbing |
| Hackle | Dun Hackle |
What the Blue Wing Olive imitates
- BWO Baetis tricaudatus
Tied for: Trout (general)
Where the Blue Wing Olive came from
- Named by Frederic M. Halford, 1897, England. Earliest recorded use of the common name; generic imitation, no single fly originator.Source: Wikipedia: Blue-winged Olive flies (citing Halford, Dry-Fly Entomology, 1897)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
