Fat Albert 01/19/2025 Photo Album

My post of 02/03/2024 is brief, but it provides a link to the previous year, and you can continue reversing time, if you are interested. I was introduced to this fly on a trip to Argentina, and it has become a mainstay ever since. It is large and readily visible and very buoyant, so it sees a lot of time on my line as the surface attractor in a dry/dropper rig.

New One

Aside from serving as an indicator, it catches its share of hungry trout along the way. For some reason I tie only fat Alberts with yellow bodies, but I always wonder how gray and tan would perform. The instructional video that I follow suggests building the body color by covering the foam underbody with flattened thread. This is too much thread wrapping for me, so I substitute some yellow floss, and I can cover the surface area much more efficiently.

Cluster of Fat Alberts

When I counted my holdings of fat Alberts, I discovered that I needed six additional flies to build my inventory to my target level. I found four in my damaged canister with missing legs, so I added a replacement leg and then produced two fresh versions made from scratch. I feel adequately prepared for tossing big fat Alberts in 2025.