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The F Fly
Materials required:
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Fine
wire emerger hook Sizes 14 – 20
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Body
– fine olive, black or brown seal`s fur or substitute
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Tying
thread – olive 8/0 or colour to match body
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Wing
– natural cdc feathers
Tying:
- Catch
in thread behind the eye and take down to opposite barb in
close, touching turns.
- Dub
on a very small quantity of seal`s fur and wind back to eye.
3.Take a couple of natural cdc feather and tie in
behind the eye on top of the hook to form a swept back wing and
cut off surplus stalk.
4.Form neat head, tie off and varnish the head.
This fly is superb on both rivers and lakes and can
be tied in any colour to match the hatch but olive, black and
beige tend to be the most popular
The fly can be used when buzzers are hatching and it
fishes in the film as an emerger. The cdc feathers being naturally
oily hold the fly in the film and the fish will usually sip them
in. Fish the fly static and do not attempt to put any floatant on
the fly .
The only drawback is that after a fish has been
caught the fly must be changed and allowed to dry before using
again. When the fish are on it you get through plenty of flies !!
In larger sizes the olive version can be very
effective during hatches of olives. The fly can fish very well on
mild winter days when there are nearly always some buzzers
hatching and locally a black version in size 18 can perform very
well in winter for those anglers willing to try the floating line.
On the rivers the fly is a good one to try when fish
are rising but you are not certain what exactly they want.
Experiment with sizes and colours until you find the right
combination. Do not allow to drag or else the fly will become
water logged although it can still take fish beneath the surface !
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