Dry FlybeginnerSoutheast & Carolinas
Mr. Rapidan
$4.50
Available Sizes#12 - #16
Color Variations
Yellow/GrizzlyOlive/Grizzly
Harry Murray designed this fly specifically for the native brook trout of Virginia's Rapidan River in Shenandoah National Park -- the same stream where Herbert Hoover built a presidential fishing retreat, which tells you everything about the quality of the water. The Mr. Rapidan is an attractor pattern that does not imitate any specific insect but instead appeals to the brook trout's natural aggression and curiosity. The yellow body and white wing are visible in the dappled light of rhododendron canopy, and the grizzly hackle floats it through the tiny plunge pools where wild brookies wait. It is a Virginia original, and it works nowhere better than where it was born.
Quick Facts
TypeDry Fly
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsSpring, Summer, Fall
Target SpeciesBrook Trout, Rainbow Trout
Sizes#12 - #16
Best LocationsRapidan River, VA; Shenandoah National Park, VA
Where to Fish It
Rapidan River
VA · Mountain Freestone
Shenandoah National Park
VA · Mountain Freestone
Map unavailable. Locations for Mr. Rapidan: Rapidan River, VA; Shenandoah National Park, VA
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