Wet FlybeginnerNortheast & Mid-Atlantic
Brandywine Creek Woolly
$5.50
Available Sizes#12 - #16
Color Variations
Partridge/OlivePartridge/OrangeHare's EarPheasant Tail
Delaware is the second-smallest state in the union, and most fly anglers drive through it without stopping, which is their loss and your gain. The Brandywine and White Clay creeks hold brown and rainbow trout in surprisingly good numbers, and this soft-hackle wet fly takes advantage of the prolific insect life that thrives in the piedmont's fertile limestone water. The hen hackle breathes in the current like a living thing, pulsing with each change in flow in a way that trout find more convincing than any stiff-hackled imitation. Swing it through the riffles on a late spring afternoon and you will wonder why you have been driving to Pennsylvania all these years when perfectly good trout were waiting twenty minutes from the interstate.
Quick Facts
TypeWet Fly
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsSpring, Summer, Fall
Target SpeciesBrown Trout, Rainbow Trout
Sizes#12 - #16
Best LocationsBrandywine Creek, DE; White Clay Creek, DE
Where to Fish It
Brandywine Creek
DE · Piedmont Stream
White Clay Creek
DE · Piedmont Stream
Map unavailable. Locations for Brandywine Creek Woolly: Brandywine Creek, DE; White Clay Creek, DE
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