emerger
Quigley Cripple
- Sizes
- #14
- Imitates
- crippled mayflies · emerging mayflies
Bob Quigley's Cripple is a hybrid emerger with a nymph body below the film and a hackle-tip wing above, connected by a parachute hackle that floats in the surface. It represents a mayfly caught between worlds — not quite nymph, not quite dun — and trout eat it with confidence.
Recipe
This is one dressing. Tie it in other colors to match the hatch in front of you.
Workbench
Variants
Swipe to see In box and Add
| Size | Bead | Body | In box | Add to box |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #14 | — | Olive | — | — |
At the vise
Tying notes are not on file for this pattern.
Tying video
No tying video on file.
Fishing now on
Rivers whose hatch chart names this pattern this month. Names and sizes only.
Not named on this month's hatch charts.
On the water
Outstanding during heavy hatches when trout become ultra-selective. Fish it where you see refusals to standard dries.
History
History is not on file for this pattern.