Bubble Bug

By GAT.

Description

Tiny fly but can work well on sunny days. I called it a Bubble Bug in honor of Gary La Fontaine's Sparkle Nymph but actually, there isn't a lot of evidence that an emerger uses a bubble to rise to the surface. Chances are, the antron works primarily as a bit of sparkle.

Materials

• Body: Butt ends of pheasant tail fibers wound forward
• Tail: 4-6 pheasant tail feather fibers
• Tail: natural or dyed olive
• Thorax: Black dubbing
• Thorax: coarse
• Thread: Black
• Topping: White antron

Hooks

• Tiemco TM3761 or similar
• sizes 16-18

Fly types: Nymph, Wet Fly