This fly resembles a black stonefly larva. It’s tied to be about an inch in lenght from tail tips to the front of the antennae. Used mainly as a steelhead and migratory brown trout fly, its also useful in smaller streams and when fishing rivers for resident trout species.
Hook size 10-12 nymph hook
Thread brown 6/0
Tail [...]
Egg flies were designed to resemble the eggs of fish, and in particular the eggs of migratory species such as Chinook salmon and Rainbow trout. They come in as many colours and sizes as there are tyers, and their usefulness as a late fall and winter and early spring steelheading fly is well proven. This [...]