Fulling Mill Deer Hair Emerger - Barbless

The few seconds an insect cannot get away

Most caddis and mayflies are eaten in the few seconds they spend stuck half in and half out of the film, and trout key on that stage because it cannot get away. This one sits in the surface rather than on it, with the body hanging below and the wing above, which is exactly the silhouette a fish sees from underneath. It also covers a beetle or a hopper blown onto the water and trapped. Fish it dead drift and watch for a quiet sipping rise.