Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} So what's the deal with cripple flies?

They are not synonymous in a dry fly purists sense, but can be used somewhat interchangeable.

Cripples are exactly what you think they are – insects born with damaged wings, half out of the shuck, and even stillborn.  There are some places, like the Henry’s Fork in Idaho during PMD hatch season, where the insects get thru the meniscus and off the water so quickly most trout never really get a chance to eat a dun unless it’s crippled.  That’s one of the reasons why the Rene Harrop flies work so well – those fish on the Fork never really see PMD duns – only spinners.

Regards,

R

From: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Ashley Frohwein <ashleyfrohwein@gmail.com>
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Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 2:06 PM
To: Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders <tidal-potomac-fly-rodders@googlegroups.com>
Subject: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} So what's the deal with cripple flies?

I don't really have any experience with them. What exactly are they? Are they supposed to mimic injured duns that can't make it off the water's surface/completely out of the film?

Online, it seems like some people use "cripple" and "emerger" interchangeably, although I'm pretty sure they're not 100% synonymous.

Whatever they are, when and how can/should you fish them? 

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

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