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Fly Fisherman Throwback: John Gierach's Blue-winged Olives

From coast to coast, this foul-weather hatch greets the season and bids it adieu.

Fly Fisherman Throwback: John Gierach's Blue-winged Olives

Most fly fishermen equate Blue-winged Olives with Baetis mayflies (left). The natural's gray-olive body and blue-gray wings give it its common name. Caucci and Nastasi's olive Compara-dun (top left) and the Swisher/Richards No-hackle Dun (top right) are both good fly choices during a hatch. (Main image: Ted Fauceglia; inset images: John Randolph)

Editor's note: Flyfisherman.com will periodically be posting articles written and published before the Internet, from the Fly Fisherman magazine print archives. The wit and wisdom from legendary fly-fishing writers like Ernest Schwiebert, Gary LaFontaine, Lefty Kreh, Robert Traver, Gary Borger, Joan & Lee Wulff, Dave Whitlock, Vince Marinaro, Rene Harrop, Doug Swisher & Carl Richards, Nick Lyons, and many more deserve a second life. These articles are reprinted here exactly as published in their day and may contain information, philosophies, or language that reveals a different time and age. This should be used for historical purposes only.

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