BROWN BIVISIBLE DRY FLY STEP BY STEP

BIVISIBLE BROWN

HISTORY

Nobody knows who was the first angler to wrap a feather around the shank of a hook and catch a trout with it. The "palmer fly" goes all the way back to the days of Charles Cotton, who made them in many colors and believed they imitated caterpillars. The bivisible is simply a palmer fly with a turn of white hackle in front so the angler can see it easily. We New Englanders use it for probing pockets and riffles in fast-moving little brook-trout streams and as a generic caddis fly imitation. It floats forever, skitters nicely, and is easy to see. You'll have to ask the trout what they're thinking when they eat it. Probably not a caterpillar.

Material

Hook - Mustad 94840 or similar hook size 8-18
Thread - brown
Tail - brown hackle barbs
Body - brown and white hackle

Jocelin & Sonie