RS2 Sparkle - Olive

RS2 Sparkle – Olive

The RS2 Sparkle - Olive is a surface film pattern built to imitate a Blue Wing Olive or midge emerger — two of the most important food sources on tailwaters and spring creeks throughout the season. Based on Rim Chung's legendary RS2 pattern from the South Platte River, this olive variation with a loop wing and tinsel tail adds a touch of sparkle that imitates the natural sheen of an emerging insect breaking through the surface film. When trout are sipping olives or midges in flat water and refusing standard dries, this is the fly that gets eaten.

Pattern Details

• Style: BWO / midge emerger / surface film pattern
• Wing: Loop wing — imitates the emerging wing of a dun or midge adult breaking through the film
• Tail: Tinsel tail for added sparkle and a realistic shuck imitation
• Color: Olive — natural tone that precisely matches Blue Wing Olives and a wide range of midge species
• Best water: Tailwaters and spring creeks during BWO and midge hatches — flat water, slow runs, and tailouts where selective fish are rising
• Techniques: Dead-drifted in the surface film during a hatch, presented to rising fish with a precise, drag-free drift
• Sizes available: 18, 20

A tailwater essential for BWO and midge season — when fish are locked onto small olive emergers in the film and refusing everything else, the RS2 Sparkle Olive is the fly that cracks the code.