Pete S Carpet Bug Fly Pattern

This simple fly is becoming my go to pattern.
Pete s carpet bug fly pattern. Pete s carpet bug is one of the top sow bugs on the big horn river. Emerger patterns cripples. Finally here is a video of pete s carpet bug. The body of this fly gets darker when wet and becomes even better looking in the water.
Killer bug sizes 14 and 16 a modern twist of frank sawyer s killer bug this pattern has become a favorite pattern of bighorn river trout and beyond. Rather than using ostrich herl the body was picked out fibers often antron dubbing. Simple to tie and durable the ray charles should be found in every tailwater fly box. Try it tied with or without soft hackle.
Black utc wire small notes. Excellent website and beautiful photos. Midge patterns and chironomids. Effective colors grey tan and pink.
Pete shanafelt of the bighorn angler ties the carpet bug. Small holo black tinsel rib. He added dumbbell eyes and a wide gapped hook to create a pattern that takes carp that have their backs out of the water or are mudding several feet deep. Danville fire orange 6 0 body.
This post was written by pete shanafelt. 14 18 kcdpps1016. Keith s 18 jul 2011 04 04. Pete s carpet bug gray tying instructions.
The dark back imitates the natural insect very well. Pete s carpet bug gray sizes. I caught a huge beetle that looks a lot like the giant root borer but it s a little bit lighter and has swept back antennae thinner and curved. Rainbow sow bug fly pattern quick durable deadly duration.
Tmc 3761 14 18 thread. Pete s carpet bug this is one of the most effective dubbed bodied sowbugs. Can be tied with or without soft hackle. Arizona simi seal crowley perch dubbing back.
The carpet sowbug pattern originated about ten years ago as a variation off the ray charles.