Hebe Fly

[hank]

Back in October I spent an afternoon up on the East Branch at Fishs Eddy,fishing was slow up until about 3 pm then for the next twenty to twenty five minutes hatches of what I belived to be olives were coming off in size 18 - 20 and the fish were feeding agressively I had many fish look at the fly and refuse at the last second I finished the day not hooking any of these fish. I had even switched flys 5 or 6 times trying to match the diffrent shades of the fly.I just wrote it off as one of those things,today I was looking at Paul Weamers book Fly-fishing Guide to Upper Delaware River and on page 213 he mentions a fly by the name of a Hebe, when fishing up on the Delaware before I go I check out the Castkills flies site and also the Baxter Hosue site and I do not recall seeing this fly mentioned.Has anyone ever tyed it or fished it and if you did what success did you have with it? Thanks

 

[afishinado]

Here is Jerry Hadden's hatch chart for the Upper D (link below). It is the most complete and accurate one I've seen. The Hebe is listed on it with a late summer / early fall hatch time. I really have no first-hand knowledge of the hatch though. Good luck.

Upper Delaware River Hatch Chart

 

[sandfly]

p-tail nymph in 20, sulpher emerger and dry size 20. they are here on pine as well.

 

[Andy]

I've taken a fair number of trout with the Hebe over the years, in fact, my last fish of the 2009 season was taken on one. However, this success varies from year to year and some years I never tie an imitation on. This seems to be true of most Catskill hatches. For example, last year I took fish on Green Drake duns but never used a Coffin Fly; usually it's vice-versa. To my way of thinking, hitting the hatches right is largely a matter of luck...put a lot of time in with hopes of being in the right place at the right time.

 

[Joe D]

Size 18 emerger with a yellowish green body and a gray wing. A few parachutes and comparaduns in the same color scheme and you should have it covered. If they don't eat it toss 'em an iso.