Catching More Trout With a Chironomid Pupa Fly
If you've ever spent a frustrating afternoon staring at a glass-calm lake while trout sip invisible snacks from the surface, you probably should have tied on a chironomid pupa fly. It's one of those patterns that doesn't look like much in your fly box—just a tiny, curved hook with some thread and maybe a bead—but to a hungry rainbow or brook trout, it's basically a steak dinner that's too easy to pass up. ...