Pete S Carpet Bug Fly Pattern

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Pete s carpet bug fly pattern. 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. Simple to tie and durable the ray charles should be found in every tailwater fly box. Black utc wire small notes.

Try it tied with or without soft hackle. Can be tied with or without soft hackle. The body of this fly gets darker when wet and becomes even better looking in the water. The dark back imitates the natural insect very well.

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. 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. Pete shanafelt of the bighorn angler ties the carpet bug. Tmc 3761 14 18 thread.

Keith s 18 jul 2011 04 04. Pete s carpet bug gray sizes. Rather than using ostrich herl the body was picked out fibers often antron dubbing. Arizona simi seal crowley perch dubbing back.

Pete s carpet bug this is one of the most effective dubbed bodied sowbugs. Small holo black tinsel rib. This post was written by pete shanafelt. Pete s carpet bug is one of the top sow bugs on the big horn river.

Danville fire orange 6 0 body. This simple fly is becoming my go to pattern. 14 18 kcdpps1016. Rainbow sow bug fly pattern quick durable deadly duration.

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. 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. Midge patterns and chironomids. Pete s carpet bug gray tying instructions.

Finally here is a video of pete s carpet bug.