Small dry
Deer Hair Beetle
Clipped deer-hair beetle
Trout · GraylingSurface
Spun-and-clipped deer-hair beetle; a flush black blob that fools fish in flat summer water.
Fish this when
Overcast summer afternoons on flat pools and back-eddies under bankside cover, where beetles are dropping off overhanging growth.
Why it works
The clipped dome throws a hard black shadow and sits flush like a naturally waterlogged beetle, drawing the same reflex take as an insect that's genuinely blundered in.
Naturals it imitates
terrestrial beetle
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate