Biscuit Fly

[the grasshopper]

Hi,heard a few fish were coming to this fly on my local fishery,would any one have the dressing for it ? as i haven't a jar of glue what it looks like.

[dabhoy]

Is it not just spun deer hair and clipped to the shape of a dog biscuit which people mainly use for fly fishing for carp at least that is the only one I have heard of.

[the grasshopper]

Thats what i was thinking,but they had these fish deep down so im doubting it was the deer hair version,from what a believe it comes in booby form but what colour that i dont know.

[brownsville]

The Barrow Mouse?

Sinking line, ginked-up it floats like a proverbial. Last year it was banned at No.1 and No.2 tanks of the Barrows, which means the old boys, one less this season, have only 60 acres of No.3 to set a rock on the rod and wait for the reel to click.

barrow mouse

[oakham orange]

I heard it was a small booby mate. White eyes and washed out peach fritz

Although ive probably misheard when I was rubbered.

[the grasshopper]

Well Greg i thought it was a fly that was in the style of the booby alright,so far ive been given four different descriptions of the fly through the thread and pm s,maybe it does exist in differenty guises.

[darwin]

Originally Posted by dabhoy

Is it not just spun deer hair and clipped to the shape of a dog biscuit which people mainly use for fly fishing for carp at least that is the only one I have heard of.

Dabhoy has got it in one. If this is what your after Dog Biscuit ... its a right ugly thing for sure...

[fredaevans]

Originally Posted by darwin

Dabhoy has got it in one. If this is what your after Dog Biscuit ... its a right ugly thing for sure...

Looks very similar to a well used fly from Alaska for 'Big Bows.' Things tied to look like a mouse.

[arkle]

Mike, it wasn't "banned" but now NO fly patterns can now be fished static, which is the way the mouse used to be fished. I supply Veal's with several 100 every year & this years order is under way. In fact the flies in your picture are ones I supplied to another company.

[frankie-g]

The biscuit