This is a strange little pattern, but ignore it at your peril. It started life as a more traditional green machine, as utilised by steelhead anglers and also Atlantic salmon anglers on the east coast of Canada. The remnants remain, hence why the name stuck. This is a tried and tested pattern on the river that will appear in every guide’s fly box – I would question those that didn’t carry it! It is a great pattern when the river is low, clear and even on windless days. Usually fished just subsurface. However, it can also be fished and ‘popped up’ almost booby style on faster sinking lines or tips with great success.
