I've tied a lot of different stuff but this simple pattern has been my most successful. I've never once had truly wide open albacore fly fishing when they're behaving as they are right now, but I've found this fly to at least produce semi regularly.
This one is olive/yellow because we were seeing saurie of that color one particular season, but tied in more blue/grey/silver colors has done well when they're eating small saurie of the color that are typically out there.
This one is on an Owner Aki hook and is maybe 1 1/2" overall length. Some congo hair and a little flash.
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Thanks for the tip. I had these already in my bag but went ahead and rigged one up. I found them in my bass box. Looks pretty similar. I might troll them and then cast to jumpers.