F-Bug

[Hans Weilenmann]

Marjan Fratnik's popular F-Fly has a younger, lesser known brother...





F-Bug
Hook: Grip 14723BL #14
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Tail, shellback and head: CDC, natural
Body: Argentinean hare, golden-olive - in split thread


Cheers,
Hans W

[AlanB]

That's a fly you have shown me before Hans, I've tied it and fished it a few times without success, but it came to mind when looking for a pattern to imitate the heather beetles we get huge falls of in late April and into May. Tied with a shorter, fatter, dubbed body it works great for them. The tailing CdC, I think, representing the wings as the beetle furls them under its carapace. The dubbing I use is quite a bit darker for the beetle imitation. Really its the tying technique I pinched.

Cheers,
A.

[lastchance]

What does it represent? Is it a searching pattern, caddis, terrestrial, etc.?

[Hans Weilenmann]

What does it represent? Is it a searching pattern, caddis, terrestrial, etc.?

The original pattern is a general purpose emerger - as well as a searching pattern.