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The Bay Shrimp
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Brush Fly
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Posted by: admin | on October 22, 2012
Crab Pattern
Crab Pattern |
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Hook | SS Long Shank #3 to #6 |
Thread | 3/0 or finer colour to match |
Head | Dumbbell Eyes |
Pincers | Hen Hackle and Flash |
Body | Yarn Colour to match natural Tan to Brown Olive |
Legs | Rubber Legs |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Dress shank of hook and tie in Dumbbell eyes behind the eye.
2) Tie in a small bunch of flash above the barb. 3) Tie in a pair of hen hackles curving outward to simulate the pincers. 4)Reverse the hook in the vice and starting below the barb tie in short lengths of yarn at 90 deg to the shank using figure of 8 method. 5) Repeat with alternate shade to create a striped body. Use 2 of the primary colour to one for the stripe. 6) Repeat this process right up to the dumbbell eyes. 7) Trim the yarn to form a crab shaped body. 8) Tie in the rubber legs using a simple half hitch and trim the legs to length. 9)A very small amount of super glue can be used on the leg knots as well as the dumbbell eyes. 10)This fly can be fished in the surf zone with as sinking line as well as letting it drift in deeper water. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 22, 2012
Half and Half
Half And Half |
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Another baitfish imitation. |
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Hook | 2/0 SS |
Thread | Clear 3/0 (spook thread) |
Tail | 4 White Hen Hackle’s and Crystal Flash |
Body | Pearlescent Flash |
Wing | Chartreuse Buck tail Topped with Peacock Herl or Gray Bucktail |
Thread | Dumbbell Eyes |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Tie in the Dumbbell eyes behind the eye leaving room for the head.
2) Tie in 4 Hackles either side of hook bend at barb and wrap forward to behind eyes. Tie in a few strands of Crystal flash either side of hackle. 3) Tie in Pearlescent flash above barb and wrap forward to behind eyes. Secure with thread. Can be reinforced with super glue to make the fly more durable. 4) When this has dried. Reverse the hook in the jaws and tie in a small bunch of Chartreuse buck tail in front of the eyes. At this point a few strands of flash can be added. 5) Tie in a few strands of peacock herl or the grey buck tail to complete the wing. 6) Finish off the head and apply your favourite head cement. Paint the eyes if desired. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 22, 2012
Fry Fly
Fry Fly |
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This fly, designed and tied by Kevin Cole, works well in estuaries. |
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Hook | Long Shank #10 to #6 |
Thread | Black 3/0 |
Tail | Pearlescent Mylar Tube |
Body | Red wool or Tuft chenille under mylar tube topped with Peacock Herl |
Eyes | Silver Bead Chain |
Head | Peacock herl Wrapped around eyes |
Weight | A few turns of lead behind the eyes under the wool body if required. |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Wrap the red wool or chenille along the length of the hook forming a slightly tapered body from the barb to the head leaving enough room for the eyes. Tie off the thread. A lateral line can be drawn with black felt tip pen onto the wool if desired.2) Cut a piece of mylar tube slightly longer than the length of the hook. Remove the core and slip over the body.
3) Tie a few wraps of thread around the mylar just in front of the wool body. 4) Tie in the bead chain eyes at this point with figure of 8 wraps. 5) Just behind the eyes tie in 5 strands of peacock herl. 6) Take 1 strand and wrap it around the tying thread a few times. Then wrap around the eyes forming the head. Whip finish just behind the hook eye and tie off. 7) Wrap the thread around the mylar tube above the hook barb . Tease out the mylar behind this point forming the tail. 8) Pull the 4 remaining pieces of peacock herl over the top of the body, secure with a few wraps of thread and tie off. 9)Trim the herl and tail to length. |
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Fishing Instructions |
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Fish this fly with a sinking line into the wind using a long strip followed by a pause. This causes a jigging action and simulates a small fish struggling in the current caused by the wind. |
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Posted by: admin | on October 22, 2012
Surf Puff
Surf Puff |
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Hook | Daiichi DH55 #2 to #4 |
Thread | 3/0 To match Cactus Chenille |
Eyes | Bead chain |
Body | Cactus Chenille Burnt Orange, Pearl, Chartreuse etc. |
Tail | Flash to match Cactus chenille |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Dress shank of hook and tie in bead chain eyes.
2) Tie in the flash Above the barb. 3) At the same point tie in the cactus chenille. 4) Wrap the chenille forward to the eyes. 5) Tie off and form a neat thread head. |
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Posted by: admin | on October 22, 2012
Tarpon Toad
Tarpon Toad |
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Hook | Gamagatsu SC15 1/0-2/0 |
Thread | 3/0 or finer colour to match |
Head | Bead Chain |
Tail | Marabou |
Body | Zonker Strip |
Front Body | Wool |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Dress shank of hook and tie in Bead Chain behind the hook eye.
2) Tie in a bunch marabou above the barb. 3) Tie in the Zonker in front of the marabou and give 2 wraps forward toward the hook eye and tie off. Make sure the fibres are not trapped. 4) Tie in short lengths of yarn at 90 deg to the shank using figure of 8 method. 5) Repeat this process right up to the bead chain eyes. 6) Trim the yarn evenly to shape the body. 7) Form a neat thread head in front of the bead chain and whip finish. 8) This fly can be fished in the surf zone with as sinking line as well as letting it drift in deeper water. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 22, 2012
The Bay Glassy
The Bay Glassy |
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The Bay Glassy tied for us by Russell Coote at the February 2007 Meeting. This is a fly that he tied to imitate the Glassy found in the Durban harbour. This fly caught many species but was primarily used when targeting Springer. |
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Hook | SS Debarbed #4 to 1/0 |
Thread | Black |
Tail | A small bunch of Crystal Flash |
Body | White Kinky Fibre |
Rib | Black Cotton |
Lateral Line | Black Flash or Peacock Herl |
Weight | None |
Tying Instructions |
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Tie in the Crystal Flash just behind the hook eye and with a wide thread spiral tie in all the way back to the hook barb and back.Tie in a sparse bunch of the white kinky fibre by the tips behind the hook eye leaving room for the head. Fold the fibre back over the top forming a loop and tie in on top. Snip through the loop.
Tie in a few strand of Black Flash or Peacock herl for the lateral line. Tie in another small bunch of the white kinky fibre on top to complete the body. Make a neat head with the black thread, tie off and varnish. Try and make the head as round as possible because it is meant to simulate the black eye of the glassy. |
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Fishing Instructions |
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Fish this fly very slowly and in some cases when the glassy’s are being smashed by game fish a dead drift works well. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
ABC
ABC (Anything But Chartreuse) |
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Another variation of the Crazy Charlie. |
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Hook | SS #4 to #8 |
Thread | 3/0 Burnt Orange |
Eyes | Bead chain |
Body | Orange flash |
Wing | Burnt Orange Synthetic |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Dress shank of hook and tie in bead chain eyes.
2) Tie in the flash behind the eyes and form the body by wrapping back to above the barb and forward again to behind the eyes. Tie off the Flash. 3) Coat the body with Sally Hansen’s clear nail varnish. (Its a good idea to prepare a no. of bodies and let them dry before continuing) 4) Reverse the hook in the vice to ease application of the wing . 5) Tie in the wing Charlie Style ahead of the eyes and form a neat thread head. |
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Posted by: Warren Prior | on October 14, 2012
Salty Bugger
Salty Bugger |
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This fly is fished with a floating line in rip currents in surf, bays or estuaries. |
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Hook | Salt Water #2 to #4 |
Thread | 3/0 White or mono. |
Tail | White Marabou |
Body | White Sparkle dubbing or dubbing brush. |
Eyes | Brass Bead |
Tying Instructions |
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1) Crimp the hook barb and slide on a brass bead.
2) Dress the hook shank with thread down to above the barb. 3) Tie in the Marabou tail above the barb. A strand or 2 of flash can be added either side. 4) At the same point form a dubbing loop and using sparkle dubbing spin a bushy dubbing noodle. 5) Wrap this forward to the bead and tie off. 6) Pinch the marabou tail to length. |
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