The Quigley Cripple was developed by Bob Quigley in the late 1970’s for Northern California’s Fall River, a flat and clear river where the trout have plenty of time to study the fly. It’s a half-in half in-out imitation of a crippled mayfly dun trapped in the surface, however we also think it's a great emerger pattern. The abdomen have the look of the nymph and the thorax has the colurs and features of a dun. Materials in abdomen soak up water/penetrate the surface so that the fly is floating on the thorax. We have adjusted the colors on our range of Quigley's to match the most popular species of mayflies found in europe.
Adding floatant:
- Add floatant to hackle, thorax and wing, use TMC Dry magic, or our CDC Oil in small portions.
- After a fish wash fly gently, dry with amodou and use Dry Shake Brush to revitalize wing. Gel on Thorax and hackle.