The Blue Bottle Hackled is a versatile, wet terrestrial pattern suggesting the metallic blue-black body of a bluebottle fly. These land-bred insects can be blown onto rivers and stillwaters, especially near pasture and bankside cover.
Fish it high in the water or in the surface ripple, using a slow retrieve or natural drift. Its flash and dark hackle also make it a useful searching wet fly when trout are not feeding selectively. Its movement gives it the fish-catching appeal that makes traditional wet-fly fishing so rewarding.