A "Meat and Potatoes" fly. Big, juicy, black and with flashy wings and long rubber legs it is indeed an "Unidentified Flying Object." It doesn't look like anything in particular but to the trout it must look like food and a good sized
Most hoppers have a gray, tan or olive underbody that is smooth and shiny. This pattern fills the bill for the natural insect better than most. It rides low in the water just like the natural, is almost impossible to sink, and casts
