Posts Tagged ‘Smelt origin’

Wee wets that have been developed from smelt fly imitations are very popular in the United Kingdom and these minimalistic little flies are catching on in Australia and New Zealand.

Blue & teal variant

A variant of a old English wet fly this variant is in the same class as an Alexandra this fly as an attractor fly particularly when rainbows are the target. It is different to the original in that the dyed blue hackle has been replaced by blue barbells from the chest feathers of a male peacock and the body is "Glamor" thread fuzzeled with silver UV dubbing.

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