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| wayne |
3 Tone Golden Bumble
Fly tied by Lillo Lil original posting can be found here |
| FliTrap |
Wayne!
Love the colors working in that there Fly, for sure! I'm wondering if you can help a guy, here from the States out!? I'm new to some of your terms. When you're tying a "Bumble", you're going to fish it as a dry fly? Or as a wet fly? I'm seeing it as if the hackle used in the body of the fly would be of a cock roster and then the hackle used in the front as a shoulder would be a soft hackle, giving it the movement and as a vealing over the hackle of the body! take care! FliTrap |
| wayne |
FliTrap,
Bumbles are classed as a wet fly but are not traditionally fished deep. The are tied to be pulled through a wave on the loughs of Ireland creating a wake. The palmered body hackle is generally of a cock bird as is the head hackle but sometimes the more webby part of the hackle is used on the head to provide more movement in the fly, also soft hackles are commonly used as a head hackle instead of the cock hackle. The way the fly fishes depends on the way it is tied. If the fly is palmered with quite a dense profile then it will fish on top or in the surface of the water, if it is palmered very sparsley then it will fish under the surface of the water. The palmering is down to how you wish to fish the fly and the conditions on the day. The bumbles are fished as "bob" flies, this being they are attached to the droppers as opposed to the point. At the end of the retrieve it is common practise to let the flies hang in the wave, which more often than not provokes the fish into taking. A heavy weight hook is often used in the tying as this helps the fly from being blown of the waters surface when it is being hung. Hope this has enlighten you a bit more on the tying and fishing of the bumble. |
| FliTrap |
Wayne!
Thanks for the explanation! Living in the Mid-Western State of Missouri, most all of our Trout fishing is done on small streams and rivers! Included in these waters will be what we refer to as "long glides", nearly flat waters that can catch a lot of wind or be as smooth as glass! We do fish, in some areas, multiple flies arrangements; our riggings being a bit different the your's but similar! What you refer to as "loughs", we call lakes, a term that can reflect most any size body of water, natural or "man-Made". In this area, these lakes are typically too warm in our summer months to host Trout all year. We do a lot of fishing for what we call Brim, Crappie and Bass! All offering great eating and great sport! We also have other fish that will take fly but less often available. In fishing with the fly for these fish, I rig much like you but use a variation in flies! My interest of late is to study the art of Fly Tying in other Countries, then learning the methods to improve my own fishing! Now, tying for some 8 years as a hobby craft, I enjoy reading sites like this to learn even more of our sport. Thank you for the help! And to all here, your flies are an enjoyment to view! FliTrap |
| Ronan Baggott |
Would love to give that a try for the daphnia lads on melvin or mask |