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Griffith's Gnat

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Griffith's Gnat

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black

Hackle: Grizzly

Body: Peacock herl

 

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Black Peacock Herl

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BWO Peacock Herl

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Dark Tan Peacock Herl

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Gold Peacock Herl

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Insect Green Peacock Herl

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Muskrat Gray Peacock Herl

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Purple Peacock Herl

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Tan Foam

Note: there are many more variations that can be tied by using different color hackle, dubbed bodies, tinsel bodies, thread bodies, adding tails and highly visible wing posts etc.

Be creative. Experiment

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I had some really crappy blood red peacock herl I was making my GGs with. Didn't seem to matter much as I recall. But I had tied red body with Grizzly hackle flies with a short bit of red tailing material to use as a wet fly in size 16-18 or so and that thing hammered cold spring weather snowy day hold over rainbows in the ponds around here using a slow sink line. I don't do that kind of fishing anymore though, it's a great memory non the less.

Your flies look awesome !

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i bought a few cream colored dubbing griffiths gnats from a fly shop near the green river in utah

i had one of my best days fishing using those flies

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Very nice flytire. When I tie em in 24, 26 like this one, or smaller I like to add a post for increased visbility on the water. 

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The Gnat is my favorite dry in many of the small streams I fish since the midges are almost always present.  Well done.  

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