Real Mayfly
The Modern Day No-Hackle Several years back, I used to frequent a river that had many slow meandering sections that were LOADED with wily browns and rainbows. There were more productive sections of the river, but there is something about being able to plainly see feeding trout that makes one stop to ponder. I called these fish "fly inspectors" because they would rush over to the newly landed mayfly and just sit there under it and watch it go by. I think that every trout angler has been window-shopped like this before, but it got frustrating when it was almost every cast. I eventually figured out that the classic no-hackle was the thing that worked the best, but it would last one fish until the wings were mangled back to window shopping status. I had just bought some medallion sheeting and started to experiment with making something that would seal the deal with the inspectors. The Real Mayfly is the result of many test trips back to that river, and even though
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