Guide
IllustrationFry Pattern
Fry pattern#8–10silver / whiteBest: Sep–Oct
When to use
Use it when trout are on pin fry or small fish around weedbeds, margins and wind lanes, most often in late season. Fish it as a searching attractor when natural insect feeding is limited and trout are looking up intermittently for larger prey.
Imitates
Small fish fry.
Team position
Point fly or single fly.
Best methods
StrippedSink & draw
Dressing
- Hook
- lure, wet or nymph hook, #8-10
- Thread
- olive
- Tail
- teal flank fibres
- Body
- olive dubbing
- Rib
- fine copper wire
- Wing
- teal flank fibres
- Head
- small copper bead
Proxy: no single standard recipe exists for a fly named only 'Fry Pattern'. A sparse documented teal fry dressing is used as the reference.
Pairs with
Retrieve & line
- Cast past showing fry-feeders and pull through them
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