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I've Googled Blue Winged Olive and seen various patterns for this fly. Is there a common pattern for this and if so, what is it?

If not, what would be a good pattern to use for a Blue Wing Olive?

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"Blue-winged-olive" covers several species and there are hundreds of patterns. Any style of dun pattern with an olive body could be used. Here are a couple that are fairly easy and effective.

 

BWO parachute

Tail: dun hackle fibers

Body: olive dubbing

Wing post: white or gray zelon or similar

Hackle: dun parachute style

 

BWO sparkle dun

Shuck: olive or rust zelon

Body: olive dubbing

Wing: deer hair

 

When you have mastered those, try substituting a biot or quill for the body. Or try a split tail on the parachute etc.

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"Blue-winged-olive" covers several species and there are hundreds of patterns. Any style of dun pattern with an olive body could be used. Here are a couple that are fairly easy and effective.

 

BWO parachute

Tail: dun hackle fibers

Body: olive dubbing

Wing post: white or gray zelon or similar

Hackle: dun parachute style

 

BWO sparkle dun

Shuck: olive or rust zelon

Body: olive dubbing

Wing: deer hair

 

When you have mastered those, try substituting a biot or quill for the body. Or try a split tail on the parachute etc.

 

Thank you for the correction on the name. I almost put Blue Winged Olive, but I was uncertain of the correct name.

Thank you for the patterns!

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Thank you for the correction on the name. I almost put Blue Winged Olive, but I was uncertain of the correct name.

Thank you for the patterns!

 

I think you will see it both ways. Tomorrow I might type Blue wing olive or just BWO. ;)

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The blue winged olive is one of the most popular flies of all time. I'm speaking of the natural. Dressings-HA-- tons and tons of dressings for this natural. I also do not understand why everyone assumes that when someone asks for a dressing, they give the dry fly dressings. The fact of the matter is, this fly is very well represented by a wet fly.

 

Double Olive Flymph

 

Little Olive Flymph

 

Here are two wingless wet flies that are super during olive hatches.

 

Mark

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The blue winged olive is one of the most popular flies of all time. I'm speaking of the natural. Dressings-HA-- tons and tons of dressings for this natural. I also do not understand why everyone assumes that when someone asks for a dressing, they give the dry fly dressings. The fact of the matter is, this fly is very well represented by a wet fly.

 

Double Olive Flymph

 

Little Olive Flymph

 

Here are two wingless wet flies that are super during olive hatches.

 

Mark

soft hackle is right they are great dressed as a wet I do a tandem rig with a size 16 bwo dry tied with an olive cdc body and a dun cdc hackle with a size 20 soft hackle dropper let the dropper just sit in the film until the swing then let it pull under its killer during a bwo hatch

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