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Ron Troversial Clay
Guest
For fly fishers, winter is a time when many of us spend those long dark evenings in front of the fire tying flies. We all have favourites, those that have caught us a lot of fish. Why not share these pattern with others, describe how they should be fished and then give feed back if these patterns have been succesful.
I'll start off with a favourite pattern of mine that has caught thousands of trout, both brown and rainbow in the UK and Africa.
I call it the SA Damsel.
Hook: 10 and 12 long shank
Thread: Olive silk
Tail: A pinch of olive dyed rabbits fur.
Body: Olive chenille.
Hackle: An olive died brown partridge hackle wound palmer wise from the tail.
Wind in another similar hackle at the head.
Rib: Thin gold oval tinsel.
In addition you can put a few turns of thin lead wire under the body to make it sink quickly.
Fish the fly on a clear intermediate line or as the point fly on a team of three on a floater. A steady figure-of-eight retrieve seems to work best.
I'll start off with a favourite pattern of mine that has caught thousands of trout, both brown and rainbow in the UK and Africa.
I call it the SA Damsel.
Hook: 10 and 12 long shank
Thread: Olive silk
Tail: A pinch of olive dyed rabbits fur.
Body: Olive chenille.
Hackle: An olive died brown partridge hackle wound palmer wise from the tail.
Wind in another similar hackle at the head.
Rib: Thin gold oval tinsel.
In addition you can put a few turns of thin lead wire under the body to make it sink quickly.
Fish the fly on a clear intermediate line or as the point fly on a team of three on a floater. A steady figure-of-eight retrieve seems to work best.