 Blue Wing Olives: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Posted by fisherboy on Sunday, April 22 @ 16:45:04 PDT
So, while on a recent fishing trip, I experienced my first true blue wing olive hatches. It seems as though all of the rivers and streams have this hatch in the early spring and fall. Since this trip, I will never leave to go fishing without some BWO patterns in my fly box. Some of the patterns I like are a parachute pattern with an extended mayfly tail for the dun (dry) and a parachute emerger on a curved shank hook. The patterns we were fishing were all in the 18-20 range. What are your favorate patterns for the hatch and why?
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Re: Blue Wing Olives: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
by joey on Tuesday, April 24 @ 08:42:55 PDT | | Those BWO's are a good pattern. I find they work well as nymphs too. I am going to start to swing soft hackles when the fish are picky, like those on the big horn. |
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Re: Blue Wing Olives: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
by gilly09 on Friday, April 27 @ 09:50:22 PDT | Austin,
I hit the hatch great in Colorado last week.
Unfortunately, I didn't have too much of a dry fly selection on me. the box didn't make the trip.
However I did well with a size 20 BWO cdc emerger.
I fished it all morning as the lead fly in a bounce rig, and then once the hatch started to pop I hit the cdc portion of the fly with some dry fly floatant and fished it as a dry for two or three hours in the afternoon.
Upon returning home I swung up to one of my favorite shops. I went to Clearwater Fly Shop in North Conway, where the owner has a great selection of BWO's, dries, emergers, etc....
I won't ever be without them. |
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Re: Blue Wing Olives: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
by ChrisR on Saturday, April 28 @ 19:18:46 PDT | The good: BWO's hatch almost all season long.
The bad: There are some many different BWO mayflies that it is tough to get the right size.
The ugly: Since there are some many different BWO hatches not only is size a factor but sometimes color and shape.
Tough hatch for sure Austin. And there are so many flies that make a great imitation. It's also hard to tell if the fish are keying on them when a hatch is on. Sometimes they completely ignore them and your left scratching your head. |
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