Killer Bug
Grayling bug

Killer Bug

Grayling · TroutSubsurface

Frank Sawyer's original: copper wire wound over a rabbit-wool body, no thread, no flash. Pink-tinted when wet, drab when dry. Invented on the Wiltshire Avon for grayling, adopted everywhere grayling live. The simplest effective nymph ever tied.

Naturals it imitates
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film & swing
Subsurface
Deep & bottom
Setup sensitivity: medium
Hook range#12–16
Size by condition
default range12–16
Included in packs
Winter grayling anchors