Pete S Carpet Bug Fly Pattern

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Pete s carpet bug fly pattern.

Simple to tie and durable the ray charles should be found in every tailwater fly box. The body of this fly gets darker when wet and becomes even better looking in the water. He added dumbbell eyes and a wide gapped hook to create a pattern that takes carp that have their backs out of the water or are mudding several feet deep. Keith s 18 jul 2011 04 04.

Finally here is a video of pete s carpet bug. This post was written by pete shanafelt. Danville fire orange 6 0 body. Arizona simi seal crowley perch dubbing back.

John bartlett who blogs at carp on the fly as john montana combined a traditional soft hackle fly with a san juan worm to create the hybrid fly. Rainbow sow bug fly pattern quick durable deadly duration. The carpet sowbug pattern originated about ten years ago as a variation off the ray charles. 2019 bighorn bighorn fly patterns bighorn river fly patterns bighorn river hot fly.

Emerger patterns cripples. Pete s carpet bug this is one of the most effective dubbed bodied sowbugs. I caught a huge beetle that looks a lot like the giant root borer but it s a little bit lighter and has swept back antennae thinner and curved. This simple fly is becoming my go to pattern.

14 18 kcdpps1016. Try it tied with or without soft hackle. Can be tied with or without soft hackle. Pete s carpet bug is one of the top sow bugs on the big horn river.

Pete s carpet bug gray sizes. The dark back imitates the natural insect very well. Small holo black tinsel rib. Effective colors grey tan and pink.

Pete shanafelt of the bighorn angler ties the carpet bug. Killer bug sizes 14 and 16 a modern twist of frank sawyer s killer bug this pattern has become a favorite pattern of bighorn river trout and beyond. Tmc 3761 14 18 thread. Rather than using ostrich herl the body was picked out fibers often antron dubbing.

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