This easy to tie soft hackle pattern takes early season trout feeding on midges or emerging baetis mayflies. The purple thorax seems to be a trigger to trout. This fly can be fished deep behind a nymph, on the swing, or as a dropper a few inches behind a dry fly.
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I have tied and fish this pattern, both are fun to do. This fly has worked for mr in SD, WY, MT and Tenn. I have fishe it with the "Batman" as the lead fly and it as my dropper, it outfished the "Batman"
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