Michigan Flies

Flies / Nymph

Sparrow Nymph

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A soft pheasant-rump nymph that Current Works names for nymphing Betsie and Manistee salmon on floating lines or chuck-and-duck. Its pulsing hackle reads as anything alive; dead-drift it #4 to #8 into staged kings and coho in September and October.

#4–8OliveNatural grayBlack
What the pattern looks like
No photograph yet. A bench photo of our own tie replaces this mark when the batch is tied.
Season
Months this pattern is in play across Michigan, derived from what it imitates.
  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec
Imitates

Forage

  • Leech
  • Sculpin (slimy and mottled)
Fish it for
Chinook salmonCoho salmonSteelheadBrown trout

Setups

  • Indicator nymphing
  • Chuck and duck

Sources