My Flies

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I am trying to put on a fly pattern just for interest

I have had good results with this fly over the last couple of seasons, just a Gold Bead Hares Ear but a collar and tail of CDC tyed on a Part.SLD16.

[custheyder]

Lovely looking fly.... I need to get to the tying bench to knock up a couple.

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This Shrimp I has been good for me and catches some decent Grayling, up to 47cms.

The tying is:-
Hook:- Part K4A or Kamasan B110 size 14
Body:- Grey Squirrel
Underbody:- 6 turns med lead wire.
Hot Spot:- Orange Hares Ear Ice Dub.
Overbody:- Clear Poly or Nymph Back.
Rib:- Mono I've used 3lb.

[leckie]

coppernymph2,

Nice flies...I see the goldhead bead has a bit of a dent in it....is that from all the fish that's taken it ;D I never thought of using CDC for the tail..does it give it a nice action under the surface

The shrimp looks really good....is it unweighted. A grayling of 47 cm must be quite near the 3 lb mark....now that's what you call a grayling. You should take your camera with you and post some shots of the river you fish and of course the fish that you catch.

Keep the posts coming A++++

tight lines

Alex

[custheyder]

"Underbody:- 6 turns med lead wire."

I like shrimp patterns myself but I tend not to tie them with so much leg action as I have found it stops them getting to the bottom before the current sweeps them away. Although I do have some with tungsten scud bodies... they are scary heavy and I can't say I'd want to cast them on a Tenkara rod.

The orange hot spot is a great trigger for fish to target.... Nice fly.

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Hi custheyder, the shrimp is weighted but I do not fish it on its own , I usually put on a GRHE with a 3mm tungsten bead, so my cast would be :- size 16 GRHE withn3mm tungsten bead on the point and then the shrimp on the first dropper and on the top dropper a pink shrimp leaded the same and same size, or a attractor fly such as a Red Tag, the Red Tag is tied :- size 16 or 18 wet fly hook.
Tag:-red wool or Antron or something sparkly.
Body:- Black Dubbing.
Hackle:- Grizzle Palmered down the body.
I will post a photo of this fly soon, I hope this is of some help to you.

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Hi leckie the shrimp is weighted but I always fish more than one fly on my cast as in the post I have just done, even though the flies will fish down I have seen Grayling coming from the bottom to take the top dropper, I also like to fish small flies so,I will fish three flies with tungsten beads as small as 18, I think by fishing like this you can fish small flies and get them down as well, by the way I usually fish the flies about 18ins apart.

[leckie]

coppernymph2,
I've made a few casts up today czech nymph style.....3 flies.....but my flies were only about 9" apart......I better make up a few more longer casts

Alex