Slate/Olive Free-style Still Born

Slate/Olive Free-style Still Born

Dry Fly, Emerger

Tied By Darrell Olson

Hook: Standard Dry Fly Hook, Size 16

Thread: 8/0 Brown Olive

Materials-

shuck: Dark Brown Hen Hackle Tip

abdomen: Olive Dubbing

wings: Natural Mallard Duck Quill Segments

thorax: Brown Olive Dubbing

Notes:

According to Doug Swisher and Carl Richards stillborn mayflies are a freak of nature. These still Borns can range to when a Mayfly has issues with the tailing shuck to when wings have issues breaking out of the wing case. They do point out that if one or both wings break out of the wing case that the legs are no longer observed. If the Still Born’s wings have not broken free of the wing case the Mayfly still has its legs so that they should be included.