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Daddy Long Legs trout fly

Description The Daddy Long Legs trout fly is also known as the crane fly. Even when trout are feeding actively on other insects they seem unable to resist a Daddy Long Legs as it floats by.

Daddy Long Legs

Crane Fly


Art of Fly Fishing Calendars
1998-2007

© Michael Scheele

Use Although fished as a dry fly it is also still effective when it sinks below the surface. Keep in the fly box for those evenings when all else fails to attract rising fish that refuse all other offerings.
Type Dry fly
Aka Also known as crane fly
Represents Daddy Long Legs spider
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