Lance's Jigged X-May Olive Size 16-20
I took Mike Mercer’s Micro May and Hogan Brown’s S&M and “X” them to form the X-May. I took the best parts of their flies and added a few of mine. This pattern is designed to fish wherever mayflies are found. A fantastic silhouette, great color combinations with texture and a little flash. We tied these on TMC 3769 hooks for years, but I switched it to the Fulling Mills jig hook last year. I have also added Hot Spot versions, one in Olive and one in Brown. The Olive has a fluorescent orange hot spot and the brown a fluorescent fire engine orange hot spot. That moved the X-May from great to fantastic! Fished using a High Stick (Euro) or dead drift underneath an indicator.
Olive is the original color that I did when I designed the X-May to represent a Beatis. This fly works everywhere. My go to color! A great all-around mayfly imitation on the Lower Sac during dark cloudy days.
Size 16-20
I took Mike Mercer’s Micro May and Hogan Brown’s S&M and “X” them to form the X-May. I took the best parts of their flies and added a few of mine. This pattern is designed to fish wherever mayflies are found. A fantastic silhouette, great color combinations with texture and a little flash. We tied these on TMC 3769 hooks for years, but I switched it to the Fulling Mills jig hook last year. I have also added Hot Spot versions, one in Olive and one in Brown. The Olive has a fluorescent orange hot spot and the brown a fluorescent fire engine orange hot spot. That moved the X-May from great to fantastic! Fished using a High Stick (Euro) or dead drift underneath an indicator.
Olive is the original color that I did when I designed the X-May to represent a Beatis. This fly works everywhere. My go to color! A great all-around mayfly imitation on the Lower Sac during dark cloudy days.
Size 16-20
I took Mike Mercer’s Micro May and Hogan Brown’s S&M and “X” them to form the X-May. I took the best parts of their flies and added a few of mine. This pattern is designed to fish wherever mayflies are found. A fantastic silhouette, great color combinations with texture and a little flash. We tied these on TMC 3769 hooks for years, but I switched it to the Fulling Mills jig hook last year. I have also added Hot Spot versions, one in Olive and one in Brown. The Olive has a fluorescent orange hot spot and the brown a fluorescent fire engine orange hot spot. That moved the X-May from great to fantastic! Fished using a High Stick (Euro) or dead drift underneath an indicator.
Olive is the original color that I did when I designed the X-May to represent a Beatis. This fly works everywhere. My go to color! A great all-around mayfly imitation on the Lower Sac during dark cloudy days.
Size 16-20