On balance I think it fishes better than the Greenwells Glory.
It works equally well on running or still water and is a little more buoyant than the Greenwell Glory and is buoyant enough to support a small bead head nymph in a wet under dry team.
A streamlined fast sinking fly that will anchor your team. Materials Hook Head Extra weight (optional) Thread Tail Body Thorax Coating Hanak 300BL #14 / #16 3.0mm / 2.5mm slotted faceted gold tungsten bead 0.010 lead wire Fl fire orange UTC UV thread Coq de Leon Fibres Brown Micro Glint Black nail polish UV Resin … Read more
Any time there are caddis on the wing this fly is worth a swim in the middle position of a team of three loch flies.
One of the most important things to remember when tying this fly is not to overdress it … make sure you can see a gap between the two wings even when the rabbit fur is dry and fluffed out.
When Chironomids are around they tend to be around in large numbers and trout become quickly switched on and gorge on them. There are number of techniques to target chironomid feeders and one of my favourite is to fish three chironomid imitations with the heaviest on the point with a long leader on a floating line and fish relatively static. You will be surprised how many fish find your flies.
Both boobies and blobs are each tremendous search flies in their own right particularly for stocked rainbow trout. This fly presents the best of both of those worlds and has the head an tail of a booby and the body of a blob. With a little flash in the tail it’s one screamer of an attractor pattern.
A great fly for barra and mangrove jack … put a good cast into the target area and to allow the fly to settle for a few seconds before doing tiny twitches of the rod tip to cause some rings on the surface suggesting it’s a natural struggling and then if that doesn’t induce a strike to commence either a slow roly poly retrieve, or a series of stop start strips, back to the boat or bank. Whatever the retrieve the occasional pause followed by some twitches of the rod tip area good idea.
Because of the lack of body dressing and the epoxy body this fly sinks quickly and the mirage tinsel spine that I have added flashes, in a way I am confident will be enticing, to stocked rainbows in particular, as the fly is being worked back to the boat or shore are very enticing.
This is my variant of Peter Morse’ Gusto fly and is one of my go to flies when targeting barramundi in Lake Awonga. It’s dressed on a #3/0 34007 stainless hook which is quite a heavy hook and that creates an effective “keel” effect. It has a long marabou tail and a dense hackle collar … Read more
This fly is my take on one of the flies that was promoted by our 2018 Northern Ireland Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships team guild as being a productive fly for use in the lakes that we fished there. Because of the lack of body dressing and the epoxy body this fly sinks quickly and apparently is great option for stocked rainbows in particular.
This is a larger blue water version of my very successful ‘Flats minnow”. It’s a very fishy looking fly and has a little blood spot that adds to the appearance of the fly being a wounded fish.
