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Last Chance Cripple
René Harrop's Last Chance Cripple imitates a mayfly that failed to fully emerge, trapped half-in, half-out of its nymphal shuck. Named after Idaho's Last Chance, this pattern is devastating on Henry's Fork and any other water where trout feed selectively on vulnerable emergers.
Sizes#14BodyOlive
Recipe
- HookEmerger hook (TMC 2487)
- ThreadOlive or rusty tying thread 8/0 or 70 denier · Semperfli
- TailPartridge fibers, trailing shuck
- BodyRusty or olive dubbing · Hareline
- WingLight dun Z-Lon or poly
- HackleBlue dun dry-fly hackle
Fishing tips
Fish during heavy mayfly hatches when trout ignore perfect duns and focus on the easy meals — cripples stuck in the film.