Hi-Vis Beetle

Hi-Vis Beetle

Materials List:
  • Yellowstone Fly Goods 2mm closed cell foam (Black or Brown)
  • Underbody: Fish Hunter Peacock Hurl, dyed red
  • Yellowstone Fly Goods Pink 2mm closed cell foam for the Hi-Vis post
  • Thorax: Hareline Ice dub olive
  • Legs: Montana Fly black silly legs



The hot month of August is upon us and with it brings some of the finest terrestrial fishing of the season. Most people have the mindset that hoppers and ants are the only productive terrestrial and too often the beetle is overlooked. The Hi-Vis Beetle incorporates a blend of red peacock hurl with olive ice dub that really brings this fly to life on the water. Tie it big or small, either way this fly flat out fishes well from the Mo to Belt Creek. This fly fishes really well behind a hopper too and 9 times out of 10 gets eaten before the hopper does (Cornfed is currently conducting a scientific experiment regarding these numbers).  If you haven't tried a beetle, now is the time.