{{+1}}Bead head mallard & claret{{-1}}
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It was the summer of 2000 that I first became involved on English style Loch Style fly fishing and slowly I accumulated an arsenal of techniques and flies. The Mallard & Claret was the first for me in this series. Whilst it has been tweaked at the edges a little this Mallard & Claret pattern remains remarkably similar to the original fly pattern that has its origins in England some 500 odd years ago except for the introduction of a fuzzeled body rather than a hackled body and a soft wing instead of feather slip wings. In contemporary Australia whist still popular as a wet pattern for stream fishing it is also my favourite top dropper or "Bob" fly for lock style fishing.
I tie this fly in four distinct colours.
A variation on my Soft Winged Bob flies is to turn them into anchor flies for use as the point fly in a team of loch style flies. They are attractive to fish and because of the smaller size and additional weight they sink faster than most flies and keep my leader straight making it easier to keep in contact with my dropper flies. The weigh is a 2mm gold, copper or black tungsten bead (or brass bead and 8 wraps of .015mm lead on the front half of the hook shank).
Materials
Hook | Thread | Tail | Body | Rib | Wing | Hackle |
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8 to 14 long shank (Tiemco 3761) | Black | Golden pheasant tippets | Claret seals fur | Fine copper wire | Bronze mallard hackle fibres | Grizzly hackle dyed claret |
Process
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