Product Description
When Hogan was a young guide on the Lower Trinity River he worked for a legendary guide that he would never dare fish in front of. While he learned a ton watching him and guiding behind, the bad news was the fish would not eat a Red Copper John during the mayfly hatches for Hogan like they would him… Kind of a first boat down the run type of fly the ole’copper juan was. So Hogan had to innovate and take elements of an attractor like the copper john, that he knew the fish wanted or liked, with a more accurate silhouette of the bugs they were eating – small baetis, and early PMD's, or small green drake nymphs. The name comes from one day when this fly was really throwing down behind his employer and he told Hogan that he was laying a beating on him like a red headed step child… done, name stuck.
DESIGN STORY
There are a lot of great attractor nymphs out that look great but if asked what silhouette they match there is a slur of answers. As most attractor nymphs kinda fit in the “it could be a… or a…” category. The beauty of the RH Step Child is that it matches the silhouette very well of a small mayfly nymph BUT has many great attention grabbing attractor elements that are proven fish catchers. It is un-weighted so it fishes great as a dropper off a small dry fly or as a nymph under an indicator with a chunk of lead. Making it an incredibly versatile attractor fly that can be fished almost in every situation that fish are eating small to midsize mayfly nymphs on spring creeks to freestones to lakes.
FLY RECIPE:
HOOK: TFS 3769 or TMC 3769, sizes 12-18
BEAD: Glass Bead, red - small or medium
THREAD: Ultra Tying Thread - 8/0, camel or something similar
TAIL: Pheasant tail fibers
WIRE: Ultra Wire - small, red
BODY: Peacock Herl
LEGS: Krystal Flash, red
WING CASE: Pearl Mylar Tinsel, medium
FEATURES:
- Accurate small to mid size mayfly nymph silhouette
- Great attractor elements with red legs, rib, peacock herl, and flashback
- Unweighted nymph that fishes great as a dropper off a small dry fly or a nymph under an indicator with a chunk of lead
- Incredibly versatile attractor fly that can fished almost in every situation that fish are eating small to midsize mayfly nymphs on spring creeks to freestones to lakes.
| Code | Size | Price |
| #29778 | #14 | $1.90 |
| #29779 | #16 | $1.90 |
| #29780 | #18 | $1.90 |
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