Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > BWO Color
| Goose | September 18th, 2006, 8:47 am | |
| Posts: 29 | Hi Jason: Being that the bottom side of a BWO is a medium to light olive in color, why do people tend tie them in dark olive or even gray? The fish only see the bottom. Just wondering. | |
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| Troutnut | September 18th, 2006, 2:08 pm | |
| Fairbanks, AK Posts: 1213 | BWO colors really run the gamut, because they can belong to several dozen different mayfly species. Some are light and some are darker. Patterns do seem to be a bit on the dark side. This might have something to do with the common name. People think "olive" should be the shade of a green olive, which is too dark for a lot of the species. Then the patterns get even darker when they're wet. The effect might seem a little worse when you look at the pictures on this site, because I photograph mayflies under really bright light to show the hues and patterns well. Under normal conditions they'll look a bit darker than they appear in my photos. | |
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