Dry Fly
Nymph
Chocolate Thunder
A dark baetis nymph with just enough flash to get noticed in off-colour tailwater.
$19.99
$1.67 per fly
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- Hook size
- 20
- Imitates
- Mayfly, Midge
- Best water
- Spring Creek, Tailwater
- Colour
- Brown
- Pack
- 12 flies
Fishes for
Brown TroutRainbow Trout
How to fish it
Fishing notes
Run it as the point fly on a two-nymph rig, weighted to reach the bottom third of the column. Best on the inside of seams and along drop-off edges where baetis nymphs get swept up.
About this fly
A dark baetis nymph with just enough flash to get noticed in off-colour tailwater.
Chocolate Thunder is a tailwater baetis pattern built around a simple idea: keep the natural’s slim, dark silhouette but add a small amount of flash so the fly still registers when visibility drops after a release or a rain event.
It fishes through the whole baetis calendar — autumn and spring — and holds up as a searching nymph in between. In clear low water it is often the better choice than a brighter attractor, because it is still a bug first.
Key features
- Dark chocolate-brown baetis profile that matches the natural nymph closely
- A restrained amount of flash — visible in stained water, not gaudy in clear
- Size 20 matches baetis nymphs on tailwaters and spring creeks
- Fishes through autumn and spring baetis activity and searches well between
- A better clear-water choice than a bright attractor when fish are pressured
Further reading
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