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Old 23-02-2011, 11:17 PM
 
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Some May Flies from tonight

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Blue May

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Black May

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Yellow May

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Viper May

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Red May

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Not an expert on Mayflies but they look fine to me Don
I wasn't too sure about the length of the palmer but Im sure some of the Irish blokes will keep you right.
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Cheers for the comments DB it would have been interesting to hear if anyone else had anything to say about them.

They're intended not so much for purist wet Mayfly fishing but for maybe retrieving behind a fast drifting boat which is why I kept the Palmers kinda heavy on some of them so's to create maximum disturbance in the water.
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Totally new to me, off to Google ... or do we have a step by step here already?

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They're based loosely on Irish wet Mayflies Fred with the yellow May being the closest to the original pattern.

The others are based loosely on the same theme but using Guinea fowl for the head hackles and spanflex for the bodies before palmering with various colours of grizzle cock. The blue, yellow and red should work well for big browns, lakers or steelheads in any country .

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Thumbs up Many thanks BD!
BD sent me the following link, great few minutes of video ... by someone who obviously know what he's doing:

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Here is another character who thinks he knows what he is all about
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I like the way Davie breaks the palmer off behind the rib but when I try that the hackle always seems to escape.
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I like the way Davie breaks the palmer off behind the rib but when I try that the hackle always seems to escape.
Christ DB I have never gotten used to the way he snaps off the thread and stuff!!!
Spoke to him about it and he just laughed
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