Church Fry

Rainbow trout · TroutDeep

Bob Church's orange-bodied fry lure with a grey squirrel wing and hot-orange hackle — tied to suggest a young perch, fins and all. The classic answer to a reservoir perch-fry massacre.

Fish this when

Late-season fry feeding on big reservoirs when trout are smashing into perch-fry shoals in the margins. Fish it on a floating or intermediate line with short, sharp strips.

Why it works

The orange body mimics the bronze-perch flank that triggers the trout's fry-feeding switch, and the squirrel wing gives it the right baitfish silhouette.

Naturals it imitates