Shark's Wasp

The wasp is a great chub fly

Radoslav Kiskinov

This is a fly that I tied for first time in 2004 and caught many chubs in the Struma river, my home river. The design of the fly is my idea.

It is very efficient pattern and many flyfishermen here in Bulgaria like to fish with it. The chubs here love it. It's fished as a dry fly, and as is always the case with terrestrials fishing on windy days close to the bank or under bushes and trees might do the trick. Land insects blow onto the water all the time, and some fish are keyed in on these "casualties".

I hope your local fish like the Shark's Wasp too.

Tight Lines!

The foam wasp

Radoslav Kiskinov

Step 1 - tying thread	Step 2 - foam	Step 3 - tie down foam
Step 4 - trim	Step 5 - more foam	Step 6 - wings
Step 7 - pull wings	Step 8 - wing position	Step 9 - secure wings
Step 10 - hackle	Step 11 - wind the hackle	Step 12 - front body
Step 13 - trim	Step 14 - stripes	Step 15 - pattern

Radoslav Kiskinov - Martin Joergensen

For a more impressionistic wasp pattern, you can look at Kasper Muhlbach's Foam Wasp.