Jig Deep Cleaner

Half Pat’s Rubber Leg, Half Mop Fly…a wriggling, leggy stonefly iitation tied on a bomber hook with a heavy tungsten bead head. For those of you who like it dirty, this one is right up your alley!

“Several years ago when I lived in Montana, I uses to tie the Deep Cleaner on a jig hook and put them in buckets of water to see how they reacted on the bottom.

I noticed that it had a more natural approach while bouncing on the bottom and from rock to rock, the same way a natural stone would, by lifting its tail while traveling downstream.

The original deep cleaner is a free-floating stone getting caught in the current, and with the heavier jig hook it really moves from rock to rock while the mop material keeps the tail buoyant and slightly lifted. During a big stonefly hatch before the dries would really pop, I would often double up with the deep cleaner when nymphing. While guiding on the Big Hole River, I would use this tactic often during the Salmonfly hatch, having the heavier jig on the bottom and the original Deep Cleaner a little higher up in the current. It would always lead to a very productive day running the Double Deep Cleaner!”

Signature Tyer John Bond