Skues Olive Dun
The Skues Olive Dun is a classic winged dry fly and a highly useful imitation of the olive duns that form such an important part of the trout’s diet through much of the season. Olives can appear in a wide range of sizes and shades, from pale yellow-olive through to darker olive and brown-olive tones, so this traditional pattern is well worth carrying in several sizes.
Designed to sit neatly on the surface, the Skues Olive Dun is ideal when trout are taking newly hatched upwinged flies on rivers, streams and stillwaters. It is particularly useful during steady olive hatches, when fish become selective and a well-presented dry fly with the correct size, shade and silhouette can make all the difference.
This is a dependable dry fly for matching general olive duns, including the many olive-coloured upwing species encountered by UK trout anglers. Blue-winged olives, for example, are widespread on many UK rivers and can bring trout and grayling into focused surface feeding when they hatch.
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