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Thursday, October 9, 2014

The Big Hole Crawler - Thoro-ly-good

The Big Hole Crawler
























The Big Hole Crawler is just bad-ass.  It is basically a dressed up yuk bug.  As you'd imagine, it works great on the Big Hole River here in Montana, especially in the spring time.  It also works in other freestones where large stoneflies are present (ie. the Clark Fork and Rock Creek)

Hook: size 2-6 streamer hook (size 4 is great)
Thread: black 6/0
Weight: medium lead free wire
Tail: squirrel tail
Beads: large 3/16 dia. gold
Legs: white rubber legs
Body: medium grizzly chenille
Hackle: grizzly hackle

Put it on a double streamer rig with a big Thingamabobber on the up or down side of runoff and hold on.

The sky is going to start crying and I think all of us who love the fall mayfly game are pretty happy about it. Is it still an Indian summer if it now happens every year?


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