Stimulator flies??? What are they exactly ??

[hobble]

what are stimulator flies and what are they representing???.
Do you fish them wet or dry??

[flytire]

The stimulator effectively imitates a number of backwing insects. Tied in sizes 12-16 in tans and olives it can be an excellent caddis imitation. Tied in sizes 6-16 in yellows, orange, olive and gray bodies it is a great stonefly pattern. A tan version with rubber legs in the summer when the fish have seen enough of the standard hopper patterns.

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[Chunky]

Hobble

Originally a dry fly which I believe to have orginated from stateside. As flytire says it comes in many colours and represents stonefly, terrestrials and caddis.

Here in the UK& Ireland we do things differently Stick it on the bob in a big wave and watch the brownies go mad fo it (sometimes) while the fly also twists your cast into a curly wurly

Definitely a fly to have in the box,especially the yellow or green as 19 Fut says for Melvin

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[tk8456]

Mental looking fly. Too busy for me but they work, apparently

You can make these in any colour combo you want. Its more of a concept, rather than a specific pattern. (like a buzzer I guess?)
I think they represent adult stone fly.
Maybe a stupid question this, but do we have stone fly in the UK? Thsi fly is a US fly, right?


This is a great site that has a step by step and a bit of info on them

http://copperfly.net/stimulator.php

[greenock]

Stimulator has done well for me this year on stillwaters. Had 3 nice rainbows last night on them. They all took it when the fly was static.

[The Bear]

My favourite top dropper for Erne all season long

[stevekale]

Charlie Craven just added a tutorial for the rubber-legged version. (The golden stimulator is one of the fly tutorials he covers in his book.)

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/fly...m?parentID=175