A simple Blue Winged Olive pattern comprised of the following materials:
Hook: TMC 100BL, 1x fine wire, dry fly style hook
Thread: 14/0, SHEER, olive green forms the abdomen.
Tail: Gadwall feather fibers, dyed light green (Waters West, Port Angeles, Wa.)
Wing: CDC, Dark Dun (Doug’s Bugs, Santa Rosa, Cal.)
Hackle: Medium Dun, Size 18 (Whiting Farms, Delta, Colo.)
SwittersB & Exploring 
Thread body?
Also…do you fish this high & dry, in the film, or wet?
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Ah Good Catch! Yes, thread body. I experimented with two colors of thread to try for a segmented look but settled for the single color of olive thread. I experimented with this the past Summer on PMD’s and it rode in the film with the CDC clearly visible. I could trim the bottom of the hackles to allow it to be totally flush.
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Some would say tradition or aesthetics or hooking capability. All of those considerations for me. I learned with down eye hooks and they are the most prevalent in use. Some would say the hooking capabilities of a straight or ring eye hook are suspect. It is a hook often seen used for Stimulators. I have never had the difficulties some seem to notice. So, traditionally, the down eye will be frequently used and referenced in patterns. The up eye hook is seen for salmon/steelhead patterns and has to do again with traditions and knots (riffling hitch and turl knots).
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