Lickety Split
In Stock • Bozeman, MT
- Simple emerging mayfly imitation with subtle attractor qualities
- Split-case design imitates a mayfly beginning to emerge
- Tungsten bead helps the fly sink quickly into the strike zone
- Buggy segmented profile creates a natural subsurface appearance
Description
The Lickety Split is a simple but highly effective mayfly nymph designed to imitate insects just beginning the emergence process. The defining feature is the bright split case along the back, which suggests a mayfly nymph starting to crack open as it transitions toward the surface — a stage trout key in on heavily.
A tungsten bead helps the fly get down quickly, while the buggy segmented body keeps the profile natural enough for technical trout and pressured water. It is not an overly complicated pattern, but that is part of what makes it so effective.