Hook: Kamasan B175
Tag: Globrite #4
Body: Hare/SLF dyed red
Rib: Gold wire (UTC small)
Body hackle: Ginger/Brown hen
Legs: Knotted pheasant tail
Cloak: Bronze Mallard
Month: February 2018
Black and Green Dabbler
Hook: Kamasan B175 #10
Tag: Globrite #13
Rib: Pearl tinsel/UTC wire green
Body: Starlite dubbing black
Body hackle: Black hen
Cloak: Bronze Mallard dyed green
Cheeks: JC splits
Thread: Danville 6/0 black
Bought some green Bronze Mallard from Funky, quite subdued but classic early season colours so will be interesting to see how it fishes.
Pheasant Tail Cruncher
Hook: Kamasan B175
Tail: Hackle fibres, brown
Rib: Red wire
Body: Pheasant tail
Hackle: Furnace hen
Thread: Danvilles 6/0
Summer Duck Dabbler
Hook: Kamasan B175
Tail: Duck flank fibres dyed summer duck
Rib: Gold wire
Body: Starlite Gold Violet dubbing
Body hackle: Furnace hen
Cloak: Duck flank dyed summer duck
Thread: Danville 6/0 black
Another experimental tying (for me at least, they may not always be original). I picked up some “summer duck” dyed flank feathers from Cookshill at BFFI in 2016 but have not used them until now. To my mind this has all the characteristics of an Invicta-style sedge pattern, though only time will tell if the trout think the same.
