General Purpose Olive (GPO) - Matt Eastham, Trout and Salmon December 2014, page 66 |
Hook: Size 14 Varivas 2200BL or Hends BL599
Thread: Fine Cinnamon
Tail: Coq de Leon hackle fibres
Underbody: Hends body quill in dark olive or Olive PT fibres or Olive Heron Hackle fibres
Overbody: strip clear flexibody
Thorax: Olive straggly dubbing, with glitter
Thorax Cover: strip Olive flexibody
Cheeks: Jungle Cock splits, head, thorax cover and cheeks covered with 2-3 coats clear nail varnish
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Hotcheeks Squirrel – Matt Eastham, Trout and Salmon December 2014, page 65 |
Hook: size 12-14 grub hook
Bead: 2.8/3mm copper coated tungsten
Thread: fine cinnamon
Tails: Fox squirrel fibres
Rib: Mirage tinsel twisted into a rope
Body: any spiky dubbing based on natural fox squirrel or gray squirrel
Hackle: Hen partridge neck feather, tied in ‘V’ style
Cheeks: Globrite floss no.4 (Red)
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Spanish Fly – Matt Eastham, Trout and Salmon December 2014, page 66 |
Hook: Size 12-16 Fulling Mill grab gape, these are a small hooks
Bead: Tungsten, your choice of colour, 2.5-3.0mm
Tails: Coq de Leon
Thread/Body: Red/Orange/Pink/Pearl/Peacock Textreme glitter thread tied in several different colours in sequence to form a tapered body
Trigger spot: Dab of deep purple nail varnish on top of bead/body
Head: Coat of UV varnish all over |
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- Copper John, John Barr
( for video of John Barr tying click here) |
Hook: Size 14-16 strong nymph hook
Bead: 2.5/2.8/3.00mm Copper
Thread: Black
Under body: Lead wire, half length of body behind bead
Tail: 2 Goose Biots, Brown
Rear Body: bright copper wire
Thorax Cover: Black or Olive Flexibody
Over Thorax: strip pearl tinsel for flash
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Throat: Hen Back Hackle Fibres, Brown or Brown Partridge Fibres
Head: Clear Epoxy over thorax cover and top of bead
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Black Eden Grub, Matt Eastham, Trout and Salmon December 2014, page 64 |
Hook: size 14 Dohiku or Hends BL510
Bead: Black Tungsten 2.8mm
Thread: Fine Black
Tail: Black Cock hackle fibres
Body: Black krystal flash, or similar, tied in at the head and wrapped to the tail and back to create a tapered body
Eyes/Cheeks: Jungle Cock Splits, varnish over body and bead
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