Fly Tying, How to tie a Large Dark Olive Emerger

Hook – Hanak H130 BL #12
Thread – Fish On Ultimate tying silk
Tail – Troutline Coq De Leon
Body – Hends synthetic body quill
Thorax – Snowshoe
Wing – Troutline CDC Brown.

LDOs, Large Dark Olives make excellent meals for hungry fish and will probably feature quite high on the menu for early season. This one is best fish as the hatch is just starting and the nymphs having made their way to the surface are desperately trying to break through the surface to hatch. I have used brown CDC as I ran out of the natural. I do prefer to use natural as I find it floats much better.

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