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Had to tie some decent looking versions of the flies I fish in the late season for an upcoming article, so decided to take a few snaps of them first before sending, which I hope will be of interest to some of you:
Jambo – Surface Lure.
Front hook; 1/0 aberdeen, clipped after tying.
Back hook; size 8 owner stinger treble, red.
Connection; 40lbs black amnesia nylon.
Back hook body; black thread, narrow holo silver tinsel rib. Superglue over.
Front hook body; black floss, ribbed with holo siver tinsel rib. Superglue over.
Wing 1: royal blue and black bucktail mixed
Wing 2: silver krystal flash.
Head: spun black deer hair, clipped to shape.
Stoats Tail Variant
Hook; longshank or double 10-6
Tail: Golden pheasant topping
Body: peacock glister mixed with black seals fur
Rib: silver oval tinsel
Wing 1: black squirrel
Wing 2: 4 strands peacock black krinkle mirror flash
Wing 3: peacock sword fibres
Cheeks: jungle cock, optional
Head hackle: black hen or schlappen hackle.
Zulu variant
Hook; longshank 10-6
Tail: fl.red antron wool
Front body: black floss
Rib: medium silver holo, superglue over.
Rear body: black long straggle fritz or tri-lobal.
Wing: black squirrel
Head hackle: black schlappen.
Teifi-Terror (modern tying).
Hook; longshank 10-6
Tail: furnace hackle fibres
Rear body: black floss, ribbed with medium gold holo tinsel.
Front body: gold lite-brite then black hackle palmered through
Wing: black squirrel
Head hackle: furnace
Happy tying,
TT.
Jambo – Surface Lure.
Front hook; 1/0 aberdeen, clipped after tying.
Back hook; size 8 owner stinger treble, red.
Connection; 40lbs black amnesia nylon.
Back hook body; black thread, narrow holo silver tinsel rib. Superglue over.
Front hook body; black floss, ribbed with holo siver tinsel rib. Superglue over.
Wing 1: royal blue and black bucktail mixed
Wing 2: silver krystal flash.
Head: spun black deer hair, clipped to shape.
Stoats Tail Variant
Hook; longshank or double 10-6
Tail: Golden pheasant topping
Body: peacock glister mixed with black seals fur
Rib: silver oval tinsel
Wing 1: black squirrel
Wing 2: 4 strands peacock black krinkle mirror flash
Wing 3: peacock sword fibres
Cheeks: jungle cock, optional
Head hackle: black hen or schlappen hackle.
Zulu variant
Hook; longshank 10-6
Tail: fl.red antron wool
Front body: black floss
Rib: medium silver holo, superglue over.
Rear body: black long straggle fritz or tri-lobal.
Wing: black squirrel
Head hackle: black schlappen.
Teifi-Terror (modern tying).
Hook; longshank 10-6
Tail: furnace hackle fibres
Rear body: black floss, ribbed with medium gold holo tinsel.
Front body: gold lite-brite then black hackle palmered through
Wing: black squirrel
Head hackle: furnace
Happy tying,
TT.
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