This pattern is a workaround for waters where boobies, FABs or foam flies are banned but you still want to fish a buoyant fly near the bottom and if you make sure you fish responsibly and keep in touch with it you'll not suffer deep hooked fish. With the deer hair body, they are effectively beefed up muddlers that fish can feel as well as see, which is a great advantage in cold, stained or dirty water.
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Materials list
Hook: Fulling mill short shank special size 8
Thread: 6/0 Uni
Tail: Marabou and some flash
Body: spun deer hair
Some popular fly tying books
Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies https://amzn.to/4iEHbix
George Barron's "At the End of the Line" https://amzn.to/3h7SiA6
and "A Fine Line" https://amzn.to/2Rd41SK
Stan Headly's "Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland" https://amzn.to/3io1WA0
Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B
Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT
00:00 Intro
01:00 Tying
13:20 Trimming
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