Pete S Carpet Bug Fly Pattern

Pete s carpet bug this is one of the most effective dubbed bodied sowbugs.

Pete s carpet bug fly pattern.

Black utc wire small notes. He added dumbbell eyes and a wide gapped hook to create a pattern that takes carp that have their backs out of the water or are mudding several feet deep. Try it tied with or without soft hackle. Small holo black tinsel rib.

The dark back imitates the natural insect very well. 14 18 kcdpps1016. Pete s carpet bug gray sizes. Keith s 18 jul 2011 04 04.

I caught a huge beetle that looks a lot like the giant root borer but it s a little bit lighter and has swept back antennae thinner and curved. 2019 bighorn bighorn fly patterns bighorn river fly patterns bighorn river hot fly. The body of this fly gets darker when wet and becomes even better looking in the water. Danville fire orange 6 0 body.

This post was written by pete shanafelt. John bartlett who blogs at carp on the fly as john montana combined a traditional soft hackle fly with a san juan worm to create the hybrid fly. Catch fly fishing has without question the single most impressive and complete collection of scuds and sowbugs of anyone in the fly fishing industry. Simple to tie and durable the ray charles should be found in every tailwater fly box.

Pete shanafelt of the bighorn angler ties the carpet bug. Rather than using ostrich herl the body was picked out fibers often antron dubbing. Midge patterns and chironomids. Can be tied with or without soft hackle.

Finally here is a video of pete s carpet bug. Arizona simi seal crowley perch dubbing back. Effective colors grey tan and pink. Killer bug sizes 14 and 16 a modern twist of frank sawyer s killer bug this pattern has become a favorite pattern of bighorn river trout and beyond.

Emerger patterns cripples. The carpet sowbug pattern originated about ten years ago as a variation off the ray charles. This simple fly is becoming my go to pattern. Excellent website and beautiful photos.

Rainbow sow bug fly pattern quick durable deadly duration.