Chubby Chernobyl
Chubby Chernobyl
We throw these big ones a ton during our salmonfly hatch and then during our golden stone hatch later in June. Throwing the purple chubby during the salmonfly hatch used to be an RVA guide secret, but the cat’s out of the bag so we might as well share with everyone. Royal purple, Red, Black, Orange, Royal, and Gold are also good ones especially after the hatch has been going on a while and they’ve seen too many regular salmonfly imitations.
We generally prefer the RIO salmonfly chubby in the beginning of the hatch, when fish seem to gravitate towards more “orangish” imitations, and then after the hatch has been going for a week or two we like the Montana Fly Company salmonfly chubby that has a much darker body. The grey wing can be a good one as well as the fish start catching on to the giant white puffs above flies.