Pete S Carpet Bug Fly Pattern

Finally here is a video of pete s carpet bug.

Pete s carpet bug fly pattern.

Try it tied with or without soft hackle. Catch fly fishing has without question the single most impressive and complete collection of scuds and sowbugs of anyone in the fly fishing industry. 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. Pete s carpet bug this is one of the most effective dubbed bodied sowbugs.

The carpet sowbug pattern originated about ten years ago as a variation off the ray charles. Arizona simi seal crowley perch dubbing back. Pete s carpet bug gray sizes. Simple to tie and durable the ray charles should be found in every tailwater fly box.

14 18 kcdpps1016. Danville fire orange 6 0 body. Tmc 3761 14 18 thread. Rainbow sow bug fly pattern quick durable deadly duration.

The dark back imitates the natural insect very well. The body of this fly gets darker when wet and becomes even better looking in the water. Black utc wire small notes. This post was written by pete shanafelt.

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

Pete s carpet bug is one of the top sow bugs on the big horn river. Pete s carpet bug gray tying instructions. Effective colors grey tan and pink. 2019 bighorn bighorn fly patterns bighorn river fly patterns bighorn river hot fly.

Midge patterns and chironomids. Keith s 18 jul 2011 04 04. 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. Small holo black tinsel rib.

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.