What does a Chubby Chernobyl imitate?

The Chubby Chernobyl hails from Idywilde Flies out of Portland, Oregon. The Chubby Chernobyl is a great attractor pattern that can be used to “match the hatch” to imitate Golden Stoneflies, hoppers or Salmon flies depending on size, shape, and color. It is one of the most popular flies in the industry.

How do you Chubby Chernobyl fish?

How To Use It. Fish the Chubby Chernobyl like the rest of your dry flies. Put it upstream and let it float past your target area where you believe the fish to be. Or just send it out into the river and see what happens.

What is a Chernobyl fly?

The Chubby Chernobyl is the most known large dry fly world wide! Olive for hoppers, Orange, Gold or Tan for Golden Stones, Olive or Purple for Skwalas… the list goes on and on. They have great “floatabilty” (That is a word in the “Trout Fishing Dictionary”) making them perfect for hanging a dropper underneath.

How do you tie a half Chubby Chernobyl?

Chubby Chernobyl

1. Start the thread behind the eye and wrap a thread base back to the bend.
2. Pull both ends of the Krystal Flash strands back toward the bend into one single group.
3. Wrap back over the Krystal Flash with the thread to the bend, anchoring the strands along the top of the shank.

What is dubbing for fly tying?

The term “DUBBING” is used for fly tying materials used to make of artificial flies, which means thoroughly mixed blends of natural fur and synthetic hairs and materials of all kinds of colors and structures!

Who created the chubby Chernobyl?

My friend and co-worker Chris Conaty worked as our product developer, material sourcer and liaison with signature fly designers. One day back in 2003, he presented us with a Chernobyl Ant style fly that had a flash tail, dubbing and foam body and dual white wings.

What is a zebra midge?

The Zebra Midge is a nymph that imitates midge pupae and/or emerging midges. Herein lies the first clue to how to fish them. The Zebra consists of nothing more than a size 16-24 shrimp/scud hook wrapped in colored thread and a copper or silver fine wire with a 2 or 3mm tungsten bead head of matching metallic finish.

What is the best fly tying thread?

Three basic thread types dominate the fly tying market. Nylon, Polyester and Kevlar are the most used threads by today’s tiers. Silk or newer gel spun polyethylene (GSP) is also available if one looks hard enough. Nylon and polyester are cheap, thin and strong, making them ideal for tiers.

What do you do with a chubby Chernobyl?

Most often see the Chubby Chernobyl playing the part of the “dry” in a dry/dropper rig, where you tie a buoyant, visible dry at the end of a short, heavy leader, and dangle a beadhead nymph or two below on a dropper. The dry occasionally gets eaten, but I’ve always felt that the Chubby was merely a bobber, and sort of a cop-out as a fly.

What makes a chubby Chernobyl elevated-fly fisherman?

The element that probably stands out the most on these elevated Chubbies is their shaggy dubbed bodies. While most Chubbies are tied with Ice Dub, I am not convinced of its buoyancy and find it a bit porous, particularly in large flies.

Where did the original Chernobyl ant come from?

The original Chernobyl Ant was born on Utah’s Green River, and it has spawn many variations. One of the more popular versions is the Chubby Chernobyl, which adds more foam for flotation, as well as some wings made from highly visible and buoyant synthetic yarn.

Can a dry fly be eaten by a chubby fly?

The dry occasionally gets eaten, but I’ve always felt that the Chubby was merely a bobber, and sort of a cop-out as a fly. It more closely resembles a strike indicator than it does any insect, and folks were compromising the effectiveness of the dry fly in favor of the flies that most often got eaten under the water. I had to do something.