FLY
Dry Fly
Blue-Winged Olive Dry Fly
Tied by Christian Andrews
Blue-Winged Olive Dry Fly recipe
| Hook | #20-24 or smaller dry fly |
|---|---|
| Thread | olive |
| Tail | dark dun hackle fibers |
| Body | olive dubbing |
| Front Hackle | dark dun dry fly hackle sized to hook |
About this fly
Instructions and recipe from Missouri Trout Flys by Ed Story Lay down base of olive threadTie in tail with hackle fibers length of hook shank; NOTE: on a small hook tie in the but end of a sized dry hackle with the hackle hanging off the bend of the hook, pull the hackle back toward the eye and snap off leaving a few fibers for the tailDub a fine olive body leaving room for the front hackleTie in and wrap front hackle with shiny side toward hook, 3 or 4 wrapsThread wrap head, whip finish or double half-hitch, head cement.
What the Blue-Winged Olive Dry Fly imitates
- BWO (dun) Serratella ignita
- Mayfly dun (adult dry) (dun)
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
