Flicking feathers

  As we come into late summer the daddy longlegs moves to the top of the trout's menu. This muddler head version is ideal for pulling through the waves windier days when plenty of daddies will be getting blown on to the water. Fish it with a sunk or wet daddy on the middle dropper or point for those fish that are targeting drowned daddies. Materials list Hook: Kamasan B175 size 8-10 Thread: Uni 8/0 black Tag: Gold holographic tinsel Rib: Gold wire Body: Hare's ear dubbing Body hackle: Barred ginger or grizzle cock Legs: Knotted pheasant tail Wing: Natural deer hair Head: Natural deer hair To support my channel, get access to the monthly online tying classes and enter the giveaways, head to https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers and sign up or support through https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/flickingfeathers

This slightly unusual looking wet fly is great in late summer when daddy longlegs are around. Materials list Hook: 2x long size 10 or 12 (tmc5262 or Kamasan B800) Thread: Brown Uni 8/0 Body: Natural raffia/natural coloured raffene Rib: Fine oval gold Body hackle: Ginger cock Shoulder hackle: Brown partridge Head hackle: Golden pheasant tippet     To support my channel,get access to the monthly online tying sessions and enter the giveaways head to  https://www.patreon.com/flickingfeathers  and become a patron or support through  paypal.me/flickingfeathers