Last Chance Cripple
Hook: TMC model 100 or 100BL, 16 or 18
Thread: Yellow 8/0 Uni (Benecchi 12/0 used here)
Tail: Three strands of wood duck
Shuck: Harrop's rusty caddis emerger dubbing
Abdomen: Rusty goose biot
Thorax: Harrop's professional PMD dubbing
Body: Peacock herl
Wings: Paired Light dun CDC, tied at an angle over the eye
Hackle: Grizzly dyed PMD yellow
This is an incredibly effective fly from Rene Harrop of Last Chance, Idaho, based on the Quigley Cripple design. This fly floats beautifully, is easy to see, and catches spooky trout under the most adverse spring creek conditions.
Thread: Yellow 8/0 Uni (Benecchi 12/0 used here)
Tail: Three strands of wood duck
Shuck: Harrop's rusty caddis emerger dubbing
Abdomen: Rusty goose biot
Thorax: Harrop's professional PMD dubbing
Body: Peacock herl
Wings: Paired Light dun CDC, tied at an angle over the eye
Hackle: Grizzly dyed PMD yellow
This is an incredibly effective fly from Rene Harrop of Last Chance, Idaho, based on the Quigley Cripple design. This fly floats beautifully, is easy to see, and catches spooky trout under the most adverse spring creek conditions.