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A "TRARBEN" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook

tied by geraldsherbrook
Target Species: Trout,
Recommended Region: General Europe,
Imitation: Mayflies,
Material List*:
Kamasan wet fly hook B175 n° 8 - thread white for the entire fly - no tip or tag - tail white swan fluff feathers and natural grey goose slips with white tips - body white flytyingthread (edge to edge and unspinned so YOU create no bumps !) - thorax lightly dubbed amount of 'lavender' or 'purple' sealsfur or otherwise dubbing - throat little heron feather or blue dun hen hackle - wing white swan feathers - as I had a minibreak in Germany (Belgium neighbouring country) and we where settled in a little hotel not so far from the 'vineyard rich' valley of the river MOSEL...and bringing a vistit to TRARBEN TRARBACH (not TRALBEN TRALBACH as I pointed over with launching this fly on the classic and streamer front of this forum) there are allways white swans to spot in numbers of 2/4/ or even more who are living close to the banks of the river MOSEL...FOUNDED even it was january ! a couple of feathers where they gathered togheter and I found soooooo this inspiration to tie this wet ! ...simple in construction but I have lots of good experience with white wet flies when a river is becoming into 'spatish' state (read colored) or at finning down again after a spate ! my two cents of 35 years of fishing !
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Tying Instructions: put the hook in the vise and start Your tyingthread...

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A freestyle salmon fly "LORE" (named after my daughters first born baby on 01.05.2012)	A "GOLDEN BLUE" on a 2/0 lenghtned Limerick hook (William Murdoch - out of the fishinggazette 1891 !	a freestyle wet "LA VIE EN ROSE"
A freestyle "BLOODHOUND" and "TROIS DENTS"	A freestyle wet ...A "JEWELBEWL"	A "BLUE LIMERICK" 1/0 (Pryce Tannatt) 'How to Dress Salmon Flies
A "BLUE JOKE" 3/0 Terry Griffiths out of 1977 edition Pryce Tannat 'How to tie Salmon Flies'	A duo of small "SKIN-THE-GOAT's" - Irish pattern out of TED MALONE his bestseller book (Irish Trout	A 'natural' "SUPER GIRL" on a n° 8 wet fly hook - freestyle
"LE VELO GRISE"	A "EASTER GREBE MOM" fly - freestyle MOM inspired by the grebe and her colors on a 1/0 hook	a 'trio' of "OLIVEANDGREY's" - freestyle natural wet flies (two on a n° 8 hook and one tinny wee 'on
the "SKIRMISHER" on a 1/0 hook (Kelson) a fly for the river Tweed, Usk, Earn and DON (beloved river	A freestyle "DAFFODIL" wet fly on a n° 8 hook	a tinny wee "SIR RICHARD" on a n° 6 fishing hook
A William Blacker fly : the "RIVER THURSO n° 3" on a 1/0 hook	A "CASE RED" freestyle wet fly on a n° hook	The "SPIRIT FLY n° 3" by William Blacker on a 3/0 hook
A "BLACK AND CLARET" (Irish) out of Ted Malone's his bestseller book on a 1/0 hook	a 'duo' of William Blackers 'for the FINDHORN n° 5" on 1/0 hooks	A 'trio' of "SUNNY LEAFS"...freestyle wets on n° 8 hooks
A "SAINT IN GREEN" for St.Patricks day - freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	a "PARTRIDGESOFTIE" on a n° 8 hook	A freestyle "SNOWGREEN" wet fly on a n° 8 hook
A couple of different "ABE MUNN's" salmon flies out of Joseph D. BATES his book	A 'duo' of "LADIES OF THE STREAM" wetfly for European grayling on a n° 8	A "WARM SORRY EXPLOSION 2.1.1.2 " freestyle wet on n° 8 hook
A Irish "BLACK AND MIXED" on 1/0 Limerick hook (out of Malone his book p. 192)	A "RORY" (Maxwell) on a 8/0 hook	a "GREY MONKEY" (Malone)
A William Blacker "N° 8" (Popham(ish))	"TRIO OF BUSTARD AND COPPER's" freestyle	A "BELGIUM GRUB" after Alfred GOFIN anno 1908 !
"PEACOCKGREEN n° 2"	"PEACOCKGREEN N °1"	"FLOWERS"
A "PAINFUL"	"TROUT FIN" streamer n° 2 hook 8 times long	"TROUT FIN" streamer n° 2 hook 8 times long
"LUMBAGOANDLFLU"	'TRIO OF HOLBERTON's' (Bergman classic pattern)	A "VULCANO" freestyle wet fly on a n° 8 hook
A "TRARBEN" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	A "BROWN PARTRIDGE" MOM on a 1/0 hook	SILVER SECRETARY (Sir Herbert Maxwell) on a 4/0 hook
A duo of Norvegian "PEER GYNT's" on a 4/0 Emerald Isles hook by Ronn LUCAS	A "OLDSORTSOFGOLDANDDUCK"	A handfull of "COPPERS"
A duo of "BROWN DOGS" (by Hardy and Kelson - Dr. Watson) on a 3/0 hook	my CHRISTMAS FLY 2011	A "MACAWPOTPORRIEYELLOWANDGREYGOOSE" on a n° 8 hook
A 'WOODDUCKOSTRICHANDGREYGOOSE" last freestyle wet 2011 on a n° 8 hook	A "BLACKANDREDWETAMHERST" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	A freestyle "GREYGOOSEHERONANDGREENPARROT" on a n° 8 hook
A Irish "GREY THUNDER" (E.J. MALONE) on a 3/0 Noble DS	A classic "ALEXANDRA" (Price Tannat version) on a antique double hook	A "BLACK WASP" (JJ HARDY) on a 3/0 a 4/0 hook - another PRIMEUR !
A "SULPHER ORANGE TEAL SILVER AND GOOSE" (freestyle) on a n° 8 hook ...'chuffed and pleased'	A '"COLLYER's BLUE" (David J. COLLYER) on a 3/0 hook (out of the book FLYDRESSING 1975)	A freestyle "GREYGOOSEPARTRIDGEANDPEACOCK" on a n° 8 hook
A finnish 'one' ..."TENO n° 8" (out of the famous TENO series) on a lenghtned 1/0	A "GREYGOOSEandKORI" on a n° 8 hook	'A real primeur' this week : a "DUNCAN GREY" (out of the ALEX MARTIN catalogue 1920) on 3/0 'Brittan
A "GOOSEPLOVERGOLDANDGREEN" freestyle WET fly on a n° 8 hook	A 'DUO' of "MAJOR's RED's" (Malone via E.C Heaney) on a 1/0 a 2/0	A 'duo' of "OCTOBERTESTWETS" freestyle on a n° 8 hook
A 'freestyle' "OCTOBERTEST" on a golden Alec Jackson hook	A simple "BLUE MOHAIR" freestyle wet on a n° 8 hook	a Awesome ??? BLACKER "N° 6 for the river AWE" on a 1/0 a 2/0 hook
A "HOTSPOTRIVERTEST" freestyle wet on n° 8 hook	A strangelooking 'PARTRIDGEandPHEASANT" on n° 8 wetfly hook (freestyle)	A Irish "PURPLE BODY" 1/0 a 2/0 (out of MALONE's his book)
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the "BENYON's PET" (Hardy) on a 2/0 hook	A GAME PIE 'bitofgreentealandgoose" freestyle on a n° 8 hook	A freestyle "PHEASANTGOOSEDUCKANDPARTRIDGE" wetfly on a n° 8 hook
'a simple' "BEAUFORTH MOTH" by Hardy on a 2/0 hook	a "REDCOPPERANDGOOSE" (freestyle wet) on a n° 8 hook	A 'long/broad/short' "SILVER DOCTOR" (Pryce Tannatt) on 3/0 lenghtned 'bronze' hook
a 'TRIO' of special "GREY GOOSES AND COPPER" include ONE little 'SIXTEEN'	A special "GREY GOOSE AND COPPER" wet fly for Marc (Monquarter) on a n° 8 hook	A special "GREY GOOSE AND COPPER" on a 2/0 hook ...giftfly for Marc (Monquarter)
A perhaps strange looking "YELLOWPHEASANTANDARADUCK" on a n° 8 hook (freestyle)	"THE PURPLE PEE-WIT n°3" (out of MALONE's book) - old river MOURNE pattern	A TOLFREY 'one' : "THE ASSASIN" on a 4/0 hook
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a 2011 "THE ROBBIE" (fishinggazette 1 march 1884 William Murdoch - George ROBBIE	'A freestyle' "HERON&GOOSE&BROWN MALLARD" on a n° 8 hook	A "SILVER CLARET" 3/0 (out of Malone's book)
A obscure "LEIGHTON's FAVORITE" (Hardy) on a 3/0 a 4/0	A different winged TRIO of classic 'GREENWELL GLORY's" on a n° 10 hook (Canon Greenwell)	a 'set' of the most simply SALMON FLY pattern ...'Irish' "ARRAN BLUE" on a 1/0 hook and n° 6
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A 'tinny' DONKEY - "JACKASS" by ME...to furfill my friendship to that HIGH GROUND 'Donkey Club' on d	a "SLIGHT FLUO" inspired wet fly on a n° 8 hook	A Pryce Tannat "POPHAM" 4/0 - my first - and one who didn't managed to be good enough for BUD and WI
A 'BITS OF YELLOW AND GREY AND OLIVE" on a n° 8 wet fly hook	A 'BIT OF YELLOW AND OLIVE AND GREY' on a wet hook n°8	A little monster "Blacker N° 1 for THE NESS" on a small 1/0 hook
a 'GREY and PALE' something - wet fly on a n° 8 hook	a 'fishy' COUPLE of Irish "INCHIQUIN'S" on a smaller than 1/0 hook	A handfull of "CHENEY's (ish) Bergman wets on a n° 8 hook
One out of the 'Fishing Gazette 1900' - "The BLACK AND ORANGE JOINTER" on a 3/0 hook (Frank HEARN)	a "BLOODRED & GREY" fishingfly on a n° 8 hook	another 'primeur' on this forum : the "ORANGE GUINEA HEN" (by HARDY) on a 3/0 hook
a true built wing "GREEN ISLANDER" (John Dunbar) on a 2/0 hook	"a BITYELLOWANDGREEN" on a n° 8 - classic styled wet fly	A Mrs. "ROBINSON" by HARDY and not by SIMON AND GARFUNKEL ! héhé
"the SACELLE" (HARDY) on a 2/0 Phillips JONES hook	DELTA DESIGN fly - my "STILL BLUE" on a 3/0 a 4/0	another BLACKER fly : "RIVER TAY n° 2"
a couple of BLACKERS '4th fly for the river BANN" fly recipes 1842	"a GOLDEN MARCH BROWN" classic wet fly on n° hook	"WINDY CHAPELS" freestyle for Karli Rae on a 3/0
My 'own' BLACKER(ish) styled natural FLY on a 1/0 hook	A "SILVER FAIRY" ( a classic Bergman) on a n° 8 hook	A "BLUE/BLACK AND WHITE" wet DUCK fly (freestyle) on a n° 8 hook
a "PEACOCK and TURKEY oliv(ish) & Yellow(ish)" on a n° 8 Kamasan wet - freestyle classical wet !	"The MUNRO" (Bergman classic wet) on a n° 8 hook	A "COPPER AND GROUSE" wet fly on a n° 8
a "YELLOW COACHMAN" on a n° 8 hook (Bergman pattern plate 9)	'penalisation' "RED ROVER" on a 2/0 Noble DS	A little "QUEEN ON ICE" (continueing ICE TIDE hype) freestyle WET on a n° 8
A tinny "BITTER(N) GREEN" MOM(ish) wet on a n° 6 hook and and and...	A "BITTER(N) GREEN" on a 2/0 fishinghook for CHARLIE VESTAL	"OSTRICH and EMPEROR" freestyle wet on a n° 8
"GROOSE&GOOSE&HARE" free style WET fly on a n° 8	"GROUSE&GOOSE&HARE" freestyle WET fly on a n° 8	my "GROUSE and COPPER" - a 'MOM' style fly
"the CORRIE FLY" (Veniards 500 flydressings) European wet fly on a n° 8 hook	'THE SUNDAL BLACKish' on reworked and now a bit longish 1/0	A "BROOKIE FINN(ish)" on a n° 8 - last fly of 2010
my "CHRISTMAS FLY 2010" from the heart on a 4/0	A "FUNKY Mc. LAIN" n° 8 wetfly	my "Mc.INTYERE" 3/0 (second last fly for 2010)
the "PEACOCK and WHITE" (own creature) on n° 8 hook	"The JOHN SPENCER(ish)" n° 8 (European classic WET fly) Veniards book	a 'TOM TICKLER' (Hardy) 3/0
a "FLAMINGO" for the razor	"SALLIE SCOTT ish" (R. Bergman) n° 8 hook	THE 'LADY BELLE' (by Hardy and Kelson) - 3/0
"CASKSTRENGHTAFTERSOMERSET" (size 1 - 10 times long)	"THE BOYNE" 2/0 (originated by O'GORMAN and discribed in Ted MALONE's his book)	'the YELLOW DUN' n° 8 (out of the book by VENIARD 500 fly dressings)
"THE WRACK" on 3/0 hook (Terry GRIFFITHS) out of the 1977 Pryce Tannat book How to Dress Salmon Flie	'A GOLDEN PLOVER fly' on n° 8 hook (own pattern)	'The NORE n°3" (by Mr. STAPLE's from Ireland) - on a 1/0 a 2/0 hook
A 'TRIPLE BEER PIKER'	'the ALEXANDRA' (Veniard book 1980) on a n° 8 standard wet fly hook	'The ORANGEMAN n° 2" (out of the book by E.J MALONE) 3/0 hook
At longlast a 'BRITTANIA' on a 3/0 Brittania hook by 'our hookmeister'	the 'COLONEL DOWNMAN's FANCY" on a n° 8 hook (book by VENIARD 500 fly dressings 1980)	'THE SILVER CANARY' (out of the book by Ted MALONE) 3/0 another 'mohair' salmon fly !
"the NORA CRIENA" 2/0 (out of the book E.J MALONE)	"The DEMON" n° 8 (classic European WET fly out of VENIARDS book)	'The BLACK FAIRY' (out of MALONE's book) 1/0
The "THUNDER and LIGHTNING" (Irish) 2/0 (out of Ronn Alcott book)	a "DRUM GROUSE" 1/0 - (Drum series) - 19 months after my first attempt	A "SILVER and GREY" 3/0 (Price Tannat version)
the "KINGSMILL" (TC Kingsmill MOORE) on n° 8	a "GOLD AND OLIVE" SALMON fly 2/0 (in relation with my own wet fly pattern)	a "PARMACHENE BELLE" on a n° 8 hook
my beautyful "ICE QUEEN" on a gigantic 7/0	A 'GOLDANDOLIVE' natural freestyle n° 8	a "BELGIUM PATRIOTIC" 3/0 (freestyle)
"the HECKHAM SILVER" n° 8 (Veniard book by William Murdoch)	the "SNOW FLY" (Hardy) on a 3/0 Lucas hook	The 'sister' of my other SHERBROOK 2/0 (this time KELSON version)
My attempt to a "DOUBLE TAKE" (David Gotzmer) on Lucas Phillips Jones 3/0	"The FRANCIS FRANCIS fly' n° 8 and a CBO GREY GOOSE (copper black orange grey goose)	"TEAL AND GREEN" (Veniards 1980) n° 8
"THE VERO" (for the river DEE) by William Murdock 1/0	The "DR. WATSON" N° 8 (out of the Veniard book 1980)	'a GOLDEN OLIVE' n° 8 (Veniard book 1980)
My 'the CHILDERS' 3/0 (Price-Tannat version)	a William BLACKER ..."BROWN FLY" 2/0	'The DR. DONALDSON' on a 3/0 Philip Jones
'a SHERBROOK' at last... 2/0	"THE GRANNOM" (wet version) on N° 8	"THE HALF STONE" (Devonshire classic/traditional (wet version) - n°14
"THE WHITE AND SILVER FLY" 3/0 (A.H CHAYTOR) out of the book : LETTERS TO A SALOMON FISHER's SONS	"THE WILD IRISH MAN" 3/0	MALLARD and YELLOW (unnamed) n° 8
"THE NUMBER 21." (THOMAS STODDART)	THE "ERNE RANGER"	The "RORY ROSS" on a 2/0 (JOHN JAMES HARDY)
" The Mc. KENZIE" 3/0 (by J.J. HARDY)	"European DUNKELD" n° 8	'MY old BELGIUM GRUB(like) FLY - eyed 2/0 hook
'THE SWEEP(ish)' 1/0 (J.J. HARDY)	'the BLOODY BUTCHER' n° 8 (varitation)	The CINNAMON AND GOLD n° 8
'a classic European' "INVICTA" n° 8	"the TAITE's FANCY" (Hardy & Kelson...by TAITE) 3/0	"THE WELSHMAN's FAIRY" 3/0 (by Hardy)
"The FORSYTH" by HARDY 3/0	"The DUSTY MILLER(ish)" 3/0 Pryce Tannatt (Col.Dewhurst)	"THE POLICEMAN" 5/0 Francis Francis (by James Davidson)
'lowwaterish' classic wets PETER ROSS and MALLARD AND CLARET CS10/1 size 4	THE BRORA 3/0 a 4/0 (by Fredrick HILL)	a 'classic PETER ROSS' by the Lord
my PURPLE EMPEROR homework 2/0	ORIGINAL MUSTAD OPEN "BLUE CHARM" 2/0 eyed - 'new'	MALLARD AND CLARET by the 'Lord'
BLUE CHARM 2/0 eyed hook 'low waterish(ish) look'	"THE CHOCKER" KELSON (Reverend GH NALL) 1/0	The BELL IRVINE (BELL IRVING) 3/0 - a old Dee pattern
"THE PRIEST" for the river THURSO by Francis Francis 2/0	a 'longish' SIR RICHARD 3/0 (after one year !)	THE "ST. BERNARD" (Picadilly) by Benards 1/0
"THE GULA" 3/0 a 4/0 Fraser Sandeman	"THE KITTY" for the river Lochy 1/0	A 'trio' of GREEN PARSONS (Malone) 'low water style'
my "SANTA CLAUS" fly 2/0	A 'couple' of EMPRESSES 3/0 hooks	M.ROGAN's "BALLYSHANNON" 3/0 a 4/0
A couple of SILVER BLUE's 1/0 and smaller	GALLINIPPER (Hardy & KELSON) 1/0 a 2/0	MYSTERY (Kelson&Hardy...by Michael Maher)
DREADNOUGHT 2/0 (Price Tannatt)	THE THISTLE (KELSON) on a 2/0	the SNAREHILL (by Frederick HILL) on a 3/0
BLACK AND TEAL 2/0 (Francis Francis)	THE ROYAL (for the river Tay) Francis Francis by Waltham	BLUE OVER BLACK or William Bass (Kelson)
CAMPBELL for the river Esk - 3/0	BANN OLIVE 'Low water style' on CS10/3 1/0	"JOCK SCOTT" 3/0
GLADSWOOD 3/0 old 'Forrest and Sons' pattern	BLUE CHARM 2/0 a 3/0	PANKINJOHTAJA WASASTJERNA (Finnish 'old' pattern on a 2/0
TRAHERNE's WONDER - 3/0 longish	HOLLANDS FANCY (by Kelson)	KILLARNEY AND TAY (W. Blacker)
'GOLDEN DROP' (Kelson)	'The LORNE' (Bernard ...book Kelson)	DUSTY MILLER(ish) 3/0 (Pryce Tannatt)
A 'ROBBIE' for my first frame (4th atempt)	RED SPOTTED LADY DUCK	'take' 3 and 'final' shot at my 'ROBBIE'
My efforts on my redo on 'THE ROBBIE'	'the ROBBIE' (George ROBBIE - fishing Gazette 1884)	GOLDEN CANARY for a river in NORWAY (KELSON)
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