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Umpqua U-Series U205 Size 8

By A Mystery Man Writer

This is a heavy-duty, extra-long curved hook featuring a down eye and a bronze finish. The U205 is extremely well suited for many different large nymph patterns including stonefly nymphs, cranefly larva, large caddis pupae, and many others. This hook is part of Umpqua’s U-series of hooks, offering the serious fly tyer a value-based hook alternative to the current offerings on the market. U-series hooks feature high grade carbon steel, micro barbs for easy penetration and de-barbing.

The Chubby Chernobyl has taken the world by storm and has become the go to pattern for anglers around the globe. Its understandable as to why. This fly floats extremely well, can mule a heavy tungsten nymph, and imitates a wide variety of flies. Anglers have boat boxes filled with nothing but Chubbies and a mix of sizes and colors that work for Salmonflies, Golden Stones, general attractors, hoppers, caddis, and the famed purple hatch. This is a fly that you can't have enough of!.