Guide
IllustrationHog Louse
Nymph#12–14grey / oliveBest: Mar–Apr
When to use
Used early in the season when trout feed on bottom crustaceans; fished on a long leader from a floating line with a slow figure-of-eight retrieve along weedbeds and margins.
Imitates
Freshwater hoglouse (aquatic sowbug)
Team position
Point fly on a floating-line rig (often with booby or emerger above)
Best methods
Figure-of-eightDead-drift
Dressing
- Hook
- nymph hook, #12–14
- Thread
- brown or olive 6/0 nylon
- Body
- olive/brown dubbing (hare’s ear or similar)
- Rib
- fine gold wire
- Hackle
- brown cock hackle palmered (brushed out) or ostrich herl for legs
- Head
- thread, turned-down eye
legs from peacock herl or floss sometimes added
Pairs with
Retrieve & line
- Cold water — fish it slow and deep
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