IllustrationMayfly Booby
LureWhen to use
Fished static (or with the slowest of movement) under a washing-line leader on a floating line during the mayfly hatch, the foam eyes holding it just sub-surface to draw fish looking for hatching or ascending mayfly nymphs; also used as a static point/tail fly on a dapping team when wind allows a still presentation.
Imitates
Attractor styled on a rising mayfly nymph/emerger — the booby's buoyant head suspends it just under the surface rather than closely matching a specific natural.
Team position
Point or tail fly under a washing-line static leader; sometimes the point fly on a mayfly-time dapping/blow-line team.
Best methods
Dressing
- Hook
- booby/lure hook, #10, short shank with foam booby eyes
- Thread
- cream or tan 6/0
- Tail
- cream or white marabou, sparse
- Body
- cream or tan chenille/fritz
- Rib
- pearl tinsel (optional flash)
- Head
- white or cream foam booby eyes, figure-of-eighted to the hook
'Mayfly Booby' is a generic booby-style pattern rather than one standard named recipe; colours (cream/tan) follow the mayfly-nymph palette rather than the brighter attractor boobies tied for stocked rainbows.
Pairs with
Retrieve & line
- Washing-line — floater or midge-tip, slow figure-of-eight
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