In streams where salmonfly, golden stone, and other large stonefly nymphs reside this pattern is deadly! If tied in smaller sized (10-14) it can also represent large mayfly nymphs such as the green drake. It is tied with peacock semi-seal dubbing which is made up of long stringy fibers. As fish chew on this fly it becomes buggier and buggier which I think stimulates strikes. However, after a while it may start looking like a hairball hacked up by your kitty cat, at that point simply trim the dubbing a little and continue catching fish. It is a very durable pattern that isn’t too difficult to tie. You can adapt this fly to match other specific species by changing the color of dubbing. Such as, yellow ice-dubbing instead of the peacock dubbing to represent a golden stonefly nymph.

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