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{{+1}}Cormorant{{-1}}
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Cormorant flies have plenty of movement generated through the wispy marabou wing that extends the full length of the fly and has, as a hot spot, a very visible chartreuse tag.{{end}}
Last Updated: December 14, 2014
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{{+1}}Humungus variant{{-1}}
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Tied with a woolly bugger tail that allows movement within the fly, a plain, painted or anodised tungsten bead for the head that encourages up and down movement and of course plenty of fleeting colour as it is stripped through the water this fly is very much a top class pulling fly... and very effective in that role.{{end}}
{{+1}}Bass teaser{{-1}}
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If you make the hook light enough and the wing long enough this fly swims hook point up making it quite snag resistant. It swims well and when fished with a twitching movement on either dry or sinking lines it has plenty of movement and of course being relatively compact it's not a fly that will result in a lot of short takes.{{end}}
{{+1}}Gartside gurgler{{-1}}
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Fishing with a gurgler can be very exciting because you often see the fish behind the fly just before it strikes. With fairly subtle changes you can vary this fly to fit a wide range of surface fishing situations.{{end}}
{{+1}}Bass jig{{-1}}
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My bass jig has been designed to be fished on a variety of lines with the determining factor for the choice of line being determined by the depth the target bass are holding at. With a 4mm for weight it sinks well and when retrieved with a stripping action with a few protracted pauses provides plenty of movement to get the bass interested.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies
Tags: barbless, Bass, lake, tropical, Wet flies 
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{{+1}}Bass special – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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It's no surprise therefor that I have a cousin to my trout bag , perhaps with a little influence from the yeti fly, in my bass fly box. Unlike the trout bag fly I seldom fish this fly as a single fly but find that if fished fished on a dropper about 1.2 meters above one of my preferred point flies it works like a dream.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies, Other speciesTags: Bass, Droppers, Frogs, loch, smelt No Comments »
{{+1}}Tiger midge{{-1}}
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This is a great dropper fly in lakes where there are populations of midge and my good mate Peter Walsh, who first came up with particular tie, fishes it with plenty of confidence and results. It's a lot like my Bibio variant except that the dominant colours are black and orange as apposed to back and red and it is tied without a front hackle.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, midge, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, Trout fliesTags: Attractors, Corixia, Loch style wet flies, midge No Comments »
{{+1}}Hares ear booby{{-1}}
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This is a nifty little fly that merges the hares ear nymph and the traditional booby both very high pedigree flies into one very useful loch fly. It also has a bit of flash about it which helps the fly fill an important role in my fly box for an attractor fly to use on my middle dropper when I loch style fish fish just before, through and after the trout spawning season.{{end}}
{{+1}}Sparkler{{-1}}
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When a seriously flashy fly is needed because of visibility or you just need a fly to excite fish this fly may save the day.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, Streamers & pulling fliesTags: Attractors, Loch style wet flies, trout No Comments »
{{+1}}Hybrid spider nymph – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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This is more a class of flies rather than just one fly and is a hybrid of a spider fly and a bead head nymph with a tungsten bead up front. I carry 4 different hybrid spider nymphs in two sizes and find them particularly useful in situations where I need a bit of weight to get a fly down yet still want the anchor fly to fish well and be enticing to trout rather than just being an anchor for other flies in the team.{{end}}
Categories: Bead head nymphs, Bead head spiders, FliesTags: Beadheads, fly, Nymphs, Spiders No Comments »