![]() Blue Wing Olive Tying Instructions |
Materials:
Actual Blue Wing Olive
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Notes: The Catskill drys are a traditional pattern from the East Coast that
were variations of earlier British Chalkstream patterns. They represent mayflies with a hackle fiber tail,
thin bodies, upright wings and hackle collars. The hackles are much stiffer than their British
counterparts due to the more turbulent water of the Catskills. Our Wulff patterns became even more
heavily hackled with thicker bodies for the larger Western streams. Catskill Drys are very effective in
the smaller creeks and streams of the Sierras. Probably the most famous Catskill Dry is the Adams which
tends to be considered an attractor dry but also is a good choice for gray drakes and small gray duns.
Important Catskill Drys for the Sierras are the Blue Wing Olive (BWO and Green Drakes), Light Cahill
(Sulfurs and Pale Morning Duns), Red Quill (March Browns and Mahogany Duns), and Quill Gordon. Quill
Gordons actually do not reside within the Sierras (they are an Appalachian Mayfly). However, the pattern makes a great
attractor mayfly pattern on Sierra streams. |
Variations: | |
Light Cahill![]() |
Materials:
Actual Pale Morning Dun
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Red Quill ![]() |
Materials:
Actual Western March Brown
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Quill Gordon ![]() |
Materials:
Actual Quill Gordon
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