Beetle Dry Fly by Daniel Bergman

Never go stillwater trout fishing without a few good imitations of a beetle in your boxes. This one is an easy to tie, life like pattern with the right “footprint” to get even vary bank feeders fooled.

Materials used:

  • Hook: Hanak H270 BL or Partridge Surehold Wet (SLD4) in size 12
  • Tread: Textreme Black 8/0 or Petitjean split tread black 8/0
  • Shell: Wapsi Loco Foam Peacock (W-PFL194) and Tiemco Hi-Vis dry wing Fl.pink
  • Body: Ice Dub Peacock Black (HL-ICE283)
  • Legs: Nature’s spirit spinning deer hair black