Fishing The Blue-winged Olive Spinner and Wet Spinner Flies:
Spinner:
Some anglers consider the spinner of little or no importance, not having seen spinner
falls of little olives in great numbers. Others fish them successfully. Spinner falls depends
greatly upon the specific water involved but is directly comparable in size to the hatch.
The female usually dives under the water to lay her eggs but may crawl in from the
shoreline. When she is finished, she washes away with the currents sometimes beneath
the surface and sometimes floating on the surface. This is why we have a pattern for the
diving spinner and one for the dry fly spinner.
Presentation:
The smaller sizes of blue winged olives are very hard to see, especially in low light
conditions. This may account for the fact that many anglers think the spinner fall of Little
Olives is not very important. You can rig to imitate the spinner as a dropper behind near
the surface of a more visible dry fly. This is helpful in seeing the small flies. You can also
try fishing the spinner dry. Let the trail and error method determine which method you
use.
Spinner:
Some anglers consider the spinner of little or no importance, not having seen spinner
falls of little olives in great numbers. Others fish them successfully. Spinner falls depends
greatly upon the specific water involved but is directly comparable in size to the hatch.
The female usually dives under the water to lay her eggs but may crawl in from the
shoreline. When she is finished, she washes away with the currents sometimes beneath
the surface and sometimes floating on the surface. This is why we have a pattern for the
diving spinner and one for the dry fly spinner.
Presentation:
The smaller sizes of blue winged olives are very hard to see, especially in low light
conditions. This may account for the fact that many anglers think the spinner fall of Little
Olives is not very important. You can rig to imitate the spinner as a dropper behind near
the surface of a more visible dry fly. This is helpful in seeing the small flies. You can also
try fishing the spinner dry. Let the trail and error method determine which method you
use.
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