[CENTER]The Little Olive Done was originally tied to match those mid-winter, early spring hatches that get weathered out. When the Blue-Winged Olive hatch around you is struggling to take shape, and the dead and crippled begin to pile up in the eddy…This is your fly. Once I see fish begin to appear to be “midging” on the edges when there are BWO’s in the air, I know they are feeding on the casualties.
Neat fly and a good video. If you are concerned about the name Little Olive Dead being morbid, you could always call it Little Olive Done and confuse people.
What I have found is, when its a weather driven cripple or casualty, and the dead seem to cluster on the edges do to wind or shear numbers, this version seems to do better. I just seem to encounter that more in the winter/spring. But on calm days when the cripple are normal or light, I seem to do a bit better with a different pattern that includes tails.
