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Solano Fly Fishers
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Fat Head Beetle
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Materials
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Hook:
Thread: Underbody: Body or Shell: Wings: Legs: Indicator: |
TMC 9300 1X heavy dry fly hook #6 - #16 (#12 most often used) (The 1X heavy hook is very important on this type of pattern as it helps orient the fly "hook down" in the water.)
8/0 black Peacock Fly Foam, 1/8 inch, black EP Fibers, slate (the wings in the photo are not slate and thus too light) X-small or mini round rubber legs, black Fluorescent Orange or Flame Egg Yarn - A note on indicator color: The most visual color for day time angling is hot fluorescent pink. A good second choice is the same in orange or flame red. It must be fluorescent. Stay away from yellow or chartreuse for day time indicators. These are your dusk to dark colors and look white in the sun. |
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| In the early 90?s Rusty Gates, of Gates? AuSable Lodge, developed a little foam and peacock fly simply known as the Rubber Bug. It was tied with a peacock underbody, fly foam back or shell, grizzly hen wings and a few turns of grizzly dry fly hackle. It was, and still is, a very popular fly on the AuSable and surrounding waters. It was our first deer fly pattern. It has been a productive pattern on a lot of Northern California Rivers. What a great fly. |
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