In this video, Simon connects his take on a widely known questionable fly. The mop fly has actually had its share of time in the spotlight. This is the kind of fly that makes a perfectionists blood boil, and it has actually been the topic of lots of heated disputes. Fortunately the Mop Fly isn’t just a garbage fly. Mops in fact are excellent replicas for Cranefly Larvae. Cranefly Larvae frequently live the majority of their lives eating fragments on the underside of rocks. Often they get knocked loose, and when in the water column, they are tough for trout to skip. They likewise make a look on the menu when the huge Cranefly hatch takes place mid summertime. There are numerous various kinds of craneflies, sadly we do not have a substantial abundance of the big range here in the Willamette valley. We do have lots of little yellow-colored Cranes that appear the spring and fall. If you wish to capture an incredible Crane hatch, the Drifitless location gets a quite legendary one, and late summertime the Yakima Basin gets its reasonable share of huge Cranes too. Regardless of mega Cranefly Pupa being a shortage in our rivers, trout still consume the mop with negligent desert.
Hook- Ahrex AFW555 Barbless Jig: Size 14
Bead- Hareline Gold Slotted Tungsten Bead: 5/32 or 3.8mm
Thread- Semperfli Black Nanosilk: 50D
Body- Hareline Galaxy Mop Chenille: Tan
Collar- Hareline Hungarian Partridge & & Hareline Ice Dub: UV Black
Resin: Solarez Bone Dry
