Small dry
BWO Comparadun (14-16)
No-hackle summer olive dun
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Flush-floating deer-hair Comparadun for the summer BWO dun — no hackle, a clean olive silhouette in the film.
Fish this when
During a summer Blue-Winged Olive hatch on flat glides and slower pools, especially the classic grey, overcast afternoon that brings BWOs off in numbers.
Why it works
The hackle-free deer-hair wing lets the fly sit flush in the film exactly like a natural stuck there, instead of perching up on hackle points the way a conventional dry does.
Naturals it imitates
Blue-Winged Olive dun
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate