Wing Bee

When I started working at Big Y over 5 years ago the one requested pattern that we received constantly was a bee or wasp imitation. It always stuck odd to me as I personally have never fished them. After many length conversation with various customers, we came to realize that while they aren't extremely effective in our neck of the woods, they are else where. Tales of fisherman getting skunked until they switched to a bee imitation and than getting some of the hardest strikes one has ever seen is quite a common tale with these type of patterns. The Wing Bee is designed to be swung like a wet fly with variegated chenille that drives fish nuts. It can also be heavily applied with a liquid floatant and fished as a dry. Especially effective on lakes, ponds, and rivers or creeks running through meadows.