The Purple Wild Thing is flashy, easy to cast attractor fly with a stinger hook. Awesome for silvers, kings, chum and rainbows. It now features a stronger, heavier wire Gamakatsu Octopus #1 hook.
Wild Thing – Purple #1
$4.99
2 reviews for Wild Thing – Purple #1
Brad Elfers has been a fly fishing & river guide in Alaska since 1993.He opened Alaska Fly Fishing Goods in 1998.
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dgoJMR –
I like this fly pattern. I landed several kings a week ago in northern British Columbia. I found the #2 hook to be a little light weight for bigger kings. In fact, a couple of hooks were straighten by large kings. I wish the stinger loop was a little longer to enable changing from #2 to #1/0 hooks.
John Ritchey
Brad Elfers –
We changed the hook out to a #1 Gamakatsu Octopus and it is much stronger now. Thanks for the feedback!
David Alberswerth –
Fantastically effective fly on silvers. Probably will be banned someday…