Dry Fly
Terrestrial
Chubby Chernobyl
The foam attractor that floats a heavy nymph all day and still gets eaten on its own.
$18.99
$3.17 per fly
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- Hook size
- 12
- Imitates
- Attractor, Stonefly, Terrestrial
- Best water
- Freestone River, Tailwater
Choose a colour Size 12 · Purple · 6 pack · $18.99
- Pack
- 6 flies
Fishes for
Brown TroutCutthroat TroutRainbow Trout
How to fish it
Fishing notes
The standard rig: Chubby on 3X, 24–36 inches of 4X to a bead-head nymph off the hook bend. Fish banks, seams and pocket water. If the Chubby goes under, set — half the takes on the dropper never move the foam much.
About this fly
The foam attractor that floats a heavy nymph all day and still gets eaten on its own.
The Chubby Chernobyl is the workhorse of western dry-dropper fishing. Stacked foam and a poly wing make it effectively unsinkable, which means it will carry a tungsten nymph through a whole run without going under — and unlike most indicators, trout eat it.
It reads as a salmonfly, a golden stone, a hopper or a big beetle. Size 12 in purple and tan covers the spectrum from bright attractor to muted natural.
Key features
- Stacked foam body floats a heavy tungsten nymph without being pulled under
- Poly wing stays visible at distance and in broken water
- Passes for a stonefly, hopper or beetle — a genuine searching pattern
- Purple for low light and stained water, tan when fish want something quieter
- Size 12 is the all-round dry-dropper anchor size
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