The Everything Bug earns its name by doing exactly that—it imitates everything. Built on the reliable foundation of a classic Hare’s Ear, this pattern is one of our favorite all-around searching flies, designed to match a wide range of subsurface food sources with a profile that trout recognize and trust. We’ve added a soft partridge hackle for subtle, natural movement—and then dialed it up with a black sparkle flash collar, a trick we picked up from a guide in New Zealand. That touch of flash pulls the whole fly together, adding just enough contrast to get noticed, without spooking wary fish.
The Everything Bug earns its name by doing exactly that—it imitates everything. Built on the reliable foundation of a classic Hare’s Ear, this pattern is one of our favorite all-around searching flies, designed to match a wide range of subsurface food sources with a profile that trout recognize and trust. We’ve added a soft partridge hackle for subtle, natural movement—and then dialed it up with a black sparkle flash collar, a trick we picked up from a guide in New Zealand. That touch of flash pulls the whole fly together, adding just enough contrast to get noticed, without spooking wary fish.
