The Bitch Creek flyfishing nymph is a big fly. Be ready to take the strain as it will not be a small trout that takes this large morsel. The larger Trout lurking in holding waters will break cover when they see it float by with its rubber legs waving about. The legs are the secret to its success as a fishing fly. It suggests that the fly is alive and therefore food for hungry fish. It is very similar to the Montana Stonefly nymph pattern. Does it look like a stonefly nymph? Not really. I use this as an attractor pattern. To Trout it looks good enough to eat. If there are no hatches when I arrive at a stretch of water and I do not know what the fish are eating yet at depth I will try a Bitch Creek.

So why is this Black & Red Bitch Creek fly called a Bitch Creek? Is it named after a successful moment when the designer finally managed to catch some fish in a particularly problematic stretch of water? No. My guess is that it is named after a small stretch of water in Idaho called Bitch Creek. It is one of the less well known creeks but it contains beautiful native trout waiting to be fished.