Chernobyl Ant – Neither Ant – Nor beast

Chernobyl Ant One of the greatest fly patterns in the world of fly tying. Designed in 1995 By Allan Woolley and Mark Forslund from the Green River system in Utah… The Chernobyl Ant with its rubber legs has a hypnotic grip on many Salmonidae – a.o also Atlantic Salmon.

Try it

We do not know what it exactly is within the Chernobyl Ant that is so alluring – but if you haven’t tried them on salmon and trout – maybe 2013 is the time to try. See how we have done them on tube – We also have a couple of super hooks for them.. They are exclusive for Fishmadman:  ICHIBAN hooks Japanese hooks at their best. Go to Ishiban # 1 or Ichiban # 3 See the flies in our shop

Chernobyl Ant: a wake fly with a subtle attitude

The Atlantic salmon is not overly attracted to flies making big wakes – but will happily rise to slowly moving surface flies making diminutive wakes – A fly like the Chernobyl Ant, with its rubber legs and low-key wake, can have a powerful effect on Atlantic salmon. Read more

Pulling flies in the surface is foremost about creating wakes – In some cases the wake will be the main attraction and the fly could literally be secondary