Guide
Bibio — house-style illustrationIllustration

Bibio

Wet fly
#10–14black / redBest: May–Sep

When to use

Heather fly/general. Top dropper in a wave — the Irish banker.

Imitates

Terrestrial beetles and hatching midge

Team position

Top or middle dropper on a traditional team.

Best methods

Loch styleDibbling

Dressing

Hook
wet fly, #10-12
Thread
black
Body
black seal's fur with a central band of red seal's fur
Rib
fine oval silver
Hackle
black cock, palmered the length of the body

A black-red-black loch fly; dibble it in the wave.

Pairs with

Retrieve & line

  • Best in a ripple, top of the water
  • Dibbled through the top of the wave before lift-off

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