Even though they?re more [b]brownish/motor oil color[/b] in the parts of western Montana that I fish, my friend in Missoula wanted olive so that?s what he gets.
hook - WFC Model 6 #8
thread - UTC 140 black
tail - deer hair black
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing olive
body hackle - olive
shoulder hackle - pheasant rump dyed olive
head - deer hair dyed olive
Regards,
Scott
Hi Scott. Which color do you fish, the Skawala Olive or Motor Oil color?
Bruce,
I did well with olive when I first started fishing the hatch; the patterns I saw were olive and, not knowing any better, that’s what i tied. When I started seeing the bugs close up, I realized that the colors I was using were way off
Didn’t seem to make much difference to the trout, though. I don’t fish water that gets a lot of pressure, like the Bitterroot (it gets a great hatch; everyone should go there, please!); on the rivers I do, the fish aren’t real picky. I’ll continue to use the olive flies I have because they work, but more and more, I’ll switch to the brownish ones.
Regards,
Scott
The olive appears as though it would also make a good sculpin pattern, too.
Scott are you sure that picture isn’t a Pteronarcys californica
Yep; I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a salmonfly. I‘ve fished the hatch on this stream in mid-May; it was 3rd week in April when I took that shot, the bug was maybe 1.5” long and the colors were more subdued.
The big bugs
Regards,
Scott