Small dry
CDC Olive (sz 18)
Small pale summer olive
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Small CDC olive for Pale Watery and the lesser summer olives.
Fish this when
High summer on low, clear water, when the naturals on the surface are the small Pale Watery and lesser olives rather than anything bigger.
Why it works
Dropping down in size and paling the colour matches the smaller naturals fish switch to in thin summer flows, when a standard-sized olive pattern draws refusals.
Naturals it imitates
Pale Watery / small olive dun
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate