Bat Wing Emerger - BWO

The Bat Wing Emerger is a great little pattern for a number of emerging mayfly imitations, but the original baetis pattern is a staple BWO emerger and one of our Top BWO Flies. The use of a glass bead allows for the Bat Wing Emerger to just barely break the surface film like a blue-winged olive transforming into a mature dun. An olive biot is used for the thorax, offering a really natural segmentation without the use of heavy ultra wire. The most unique component of the Bat Wing Emerger is the use of "waste," or base of partridge or hen feathers to create the wings. Primarily fished as an emerger, the Bat Wing could also imitate a crippled or spent olive.  From Umpqua: "A long-time fan of fishing soft hackles, with both partridge and hen hackle, Tracy, ever tinkering at the vise, began looking for a new style. The material he discovered was the after shafts of hen neck feathers that littered his tying table. This Baetis was the first-born of several colors, designed for the waters of t