Wet fly

Golden Olive Bumble

Irish lough bob fly

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The bob fly Irish anglers reach for without thinking twice — golden olive palmer, bright yellow hackle, bronze mallard wing, born on the loughs of Connacht. Just as proven on Scottish lochs, where it fishes the same role on the top dropper.

Fish this when

Drifting Irish loughs or Scottish lochs in late spring and summer, when sedges and daddy longlegs are about — the Murrough and Green Peter hatches on Irish waters, sedge activity generally on Scottish lochs. Fish it on the top dropper, let it skate, dibble it hard in the wave.

Why it works

The palmered body creates wake and disturbance when dibbled. The golden olive colour reads as sedge or daddy in low light. Fish come long distances to investigate.

Naturals it imitates