Golden Olive

Irish lough wet fly

Trout · Sea troutSubsurface

A plain-winged Irish wet fly with a golden olive seal's fur body — the quieter version of the Bumble. A flat-winged, conventional wet that works steadily.

Fish this when

From late May through summer on the Irish loughs and Scottish lochs. As the point or middle dropper when olives are hatching and fish are feeding steadily.

Why it works

Golden olive body is one of the most reliable colours in Irish wet fly fishing — reads as olive nymph, buzzer pupa, or anything small and edible.

Naturals it imitates