RIO's Hogan AP Baitfish YGroup_FoundationOutfit and badger hackle tips to

and badger hackle tips to serve as realistic antennae

This pattern is meant as a compliment to our already popular RIO's HE-Man

We stuck some extra protein (eggs) to this fly's derriere

A lot of time the olive or brown fly would settle down into the mud or bottom and I think just get lost

I knew the pattern worked well—it was slender

RIO's Hogan AP Baitfish YGroup_FoundationOutfit and badger hackle tips to"I spend a lot of time chasing stripers in rivers and bass in lakes stripping bait fish patterns throughout the year in all sorts of conditions. Finding the perfect size, color, swim pattern, and density of fly is an endless search, and can be somewhat of a black hole as a fly designer and guide to dive into. Every so often, usually towards the end of the season when my boat boxes become overflowing with flies, I pull myself out of the black hole and