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Foam Trico spinner, black:

Hook: Dry fly, #22

Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0, black

Tail: Micro Fibettes, white

Body: Razor Foam 1mm, opaque black

Wing: Polypropylene floating yarn, white

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Rattler Minnow:

Hook: Mustad 3407, #1

Thread: Danville 3/0, white

Tail: Mylar tubing, large, pearl

Rattle: 4mm glass rattle

Body: Crosscut rabbit strip, olive

Head: Cactus chenille, medium, pearl

Eyes: Lead dumbell, medium, red

Weedguard: Mono, 50lb.

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Great flies this month all! 

This fly was super effective for me last September and October and has it continued trout this year gaining effectiveness as we move into Autumn.  It's a soft hackle but it floats like a cork.  I fish it just like a dry fly.   It typically orientates so that the hook shank is pointing down at the bottom so all those legs are spread out on the surface- Killer!  English tradition says it's a beetle imitation but to me it looks more like a dead brown spider or a daddy longlegs.   It's now one of my "go to" flies anytime terrestrials are around.  

T.E. Pritt's RED CLOCK

HOOK: #14 1XL DRY FLY

THREAD: ORANGE #70

HEAD: PEACOCK HERL – NATURAL

HACKLE: COCK PHEASANT BREAST FEATHER

THORAX: PEACOCK HERL- NATURAL

ABDOMEN/BODY: ORANGE SILK

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12 hours ago, DFoster said:

RED CLOCK

Great fly, DF  I just finished up a dozen for Kimba's 'My Cousin is a Chicken Swap'.  

I took a nice rainbow this past Saturday fishing it on the swing.  I like your idea of fishing it dry.  I'll have to give that shot.  

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8 hours ago, niveker said:

Great fly, DF  I just finished up a dozen for Kimba's 'My Cousin is a Chicken Swap'.  

I took a nice rainbow this past Saturday fishing it on the swing.  I like your idea of fishing it dry.  I'll have to give that shot.  

It really wasn't an idea as much as the trout were hitting it on the surface before it was waterlogged enough to sink.  

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8 minutes ago, DFoster said:

the trout were hitting it on the surface before it was waterlogged enough to sink.

I see.  Interesting, as that one rainbow I caught practically flew out of the water as the fly reached the surface at the end of its swing.  

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Here's another classic that has been really productive for me this month against Brown trout, especially on the rise at the end of the drift.  I lost 3 of the 4 I had in my box so it was time to tie more.  On these I used iridescent black schlappen feather fibers for the collar hackle though the photos don't show it well.

BLACK ZULU VARIANT

HOOK: #12  FIREHOLE 609 1XL

THREAD: BLACK 6/0

TAIL: RED FLOSS

BODY: LIFE CYCLE DUBBING BLACK 

RIB: SILVER MYLAR TINSEL 16/18

HACKLE: BLACK HEN

COLLAR: IRIDESCENT BLACK SHCLAPPEN FIBERS

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Little Gray May - Flashback

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Moose body hairs

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Gray dubbing

Wing case/flashback - Flat silver tinsel

Thorax - Gray dubbing

Legs - Moose body hairs

 

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