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Sowbug

A
Nymph

$2.75 each

Current Works pairs sowbugs with scuds, midges, Baetis, eggs and fry as the year-round diet of trout below Tippy Dam on the Big Manistee. A flat gray sowbug #14 to #18 fished slow and deep in vegetation and gravel seams is a winter and early-spring tailwater fly.

6 × $2.75 = $16.50

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Setups

Indicator nymphing · Euro / tight-line nymphing

When to fish it on the Two Hearted River
Part of the Two Hearted River box. Months the fly finder calls for this pattern here, for rainbow trout (resident).
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Pattern notes
Full hatch, egg, and forage links with sources.
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