{{+1}}Geehi beetle{{-1}}
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Geehi is an area just a little south of the NSW snow fields and the source of the Geehi River which flows into the Swampy Plains River and ultimately into the mighty Murray.
This fly was designed it seems around 1920 by Dr Keith Zwar from Melbourne as a representation of beetles that found themselves on the river.
It is a well hackled buggy looking fly that floats well. It has turned out to be a very useful fly in the Snowy Mountains and other areas and can be used as a generalised beetle and search pattern with great effect.
One of the key elements of this fly that has been overlooked in many fly patterns I have seen is the choice of the front hackle. Make sure its a 'coch-y-bonddu' type hackle i.e. a ginger hackle with a black centre. The black centre of the hackle when wound in touching turns to the eye of the hook extends the beetle body along the full length of the shank of the hook and I an confident that is one of the keys to the success of this fly.
Materials
Hook | Thread | Tail | Rib | Body | Body hackle | Front hackle |
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Dry fly size #10 to #14 | Black | Golden pheasant hackle barbules | Gold wire or oval tinsel | Peacock herl | Ginger hackle | Cock-y-bonddu hackle |
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