Quote Originally Posted by zerosleep View Post
this might be a noob question, as I am new to fly fishing... but, what is the definition of a cripple?
maybe self explanatory, but I want to verify.
A failed emergence - a dun partially stuck in nymphal shuck, or crumpled wing, or wing trapped in surface film. The inability of the dun to take off to the relative safety of the air.

Easy pickings for the fish.

Cheers,
Hans W