Hi All,

In fishing for warm water species a couple of weeks ago, a fly worked well on crappie, green sunfish, bluegill, bass, wipers, and also caught a single channel cat, and a single rainbow trout. The fly is a fly I call the olive and orange. A friend named it.

It is a #10 or #12 bugger, olive body, orange tail, a small bead head, and no hackle. The small size is important, I think, because a lot bigger, and the sunfish wouldn't take it. Also the crappie have a reputation for taking smaller streamers. What was surprizing is that the 3 lbs channel cat took the fly. The olive is a fairly medium color, not a dark olive, and has a lot of green in it.

At any rate, I had tied some a few years ago for a friend who uses them on coho salmon in Colorado, and I had tied a couple for myself. I had not tried them until a couple of weeks ago, but intend to tie more.

Is there a name for a bugger that has no hackle?

Have you had "surprize" flies that have worked great for you lately?

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf