Baitfish streamer
Olive Minnow Streamer
The four-pounder lane
ChubSubsurface
Olive marabou with a touch of pearl flash, weighted with a tungsten bead. Fished short and slow with two-inch strips and five-second pauses under undercut banks and through pool tails.
Fish this when
Autumn — September through November — when chub turn piscivorous before winter and the four-pound fish that ignored every surface fly all summer eats a small streamer with confidence.
Why it works
Chub above three pounds become increasingly piscivorous and key on minnow, bullhead and small dace. The pause is where the take comes — they follow and commit when the fly stops.
Naturals it imitates
minnow
bullhead
bleak
small dace
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Size by condition
| default range | 8–10 |
| specimen | 6 |
Included in packs
Streamers for the four-pounder