Hawthorn Fly

Description

🪝 Hook Options
All flies are supplied on barbless hooks as standard.
If you require a barbed hook, please contact us before ordering and we can usually tie this fly on a barbed hook for you.

The Hawthorn Fly (Bibio marci) pattern is a highly effective springtime terrestrial imitation used to target trout and grayling when these clumsy insects get blown from hedgerows onto the water surface. The key triggers of a successful Hawthorn pattern are a jet-black silhouette, a bulky thorax, prominent white or translucent wings, and long, dangling hind legs