Blue-Winged Olive Comparadun

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Blue-Winged Olive Comparadun

The Comparadun's deer hair fan wing sits flush in the film, presenting a realistic mayfly silhouette that tailwater browns find impossible to refuse. It excels during Baetis hatches on slick water where trout inspect every drift with laser focus.

Sizes#16BodyOlive

Recipe

  • HookStandard dry fly hook (TMC 100) · Tiemco
  • ThreadOlive tying thread 8/0 or 70 denier · Semperfli
  • TailMicrofibbets, dun
  • WingComparadun deer hair, natural
  • BodyOlive BWO dubbing · Hareline

Fishing tips

Fish dead drift on a long, fine tippet during BWO hatches. Perfect for flat, glassy water where parachute patterns cast too much shadow.