CALLIBAETIS CRIPPLE
$1.89
Callibaetis Cripple features a mottled body, a trailing shuck, and a crippled wing profile. A proven trout fly for lakes and rivers during mayfly hatches.
Description
The Callibaetis Cripple is a highly effective stillwater pattern designed to imitate mayflies that fail to fully emerge from their nymphal shuck. In lakes and reservoirs, trout often key in on these vulnerable insects, as crippled mayflies are unable to escape the surface film. These fly fishing flies low-riding profile and delicate construction make it an irresistible target for selective fish.
Tied with a slim, mottled body, trailing shuck, and partially upright wing, the Callibaetis Cripple captures the exact posture of a struggling dun. Its subtle colors match the speckled Callibaetis mayflies, while the semi-spent appearance makes it stand out to feeding trout during or just after a hatch. The fly sits flush in the film, imitating helpless mayflies trapped between life stages, a perfect presentation for pressured waters.
The Callibaetis Cripple is most productive in the summer months on lakes where Callibaetis mayflies are abundant, though it also works as a general mayfly cripple on rivers. Fished delicately on fine tippet, it can turn refusals into takes when trout are focused on emergers or cripples instead of fully formed duns.
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