Green Pea

[PLUMPY]

The Green Pea, apparently used to fish well at Farmoor Reservoir, any one know what one looks like, how it is tied and how its fished?

I have an feeling its tied on a long shank hook and is green with a red section in the middle, no wing, no hackle, I found one on the bank years ago and assumed that was it.

[Rob Edmunds]

The Green Pea...is also know as a Pitsford Pea

1-2" Black Marabou Tail
Size 6-10 Hook (B175)
Body Black Chenielle (or Fritz)
Head Lime Green Chenielle or Fritz
3-4 turns of lead wire at front of hook under lime chenille


Or Alternativley use a lime green bead as a head, then an all black body & tail
(a palmered version Black Hackle is called a concrete bowl)

Fish it on any line from a floater to a fast sink....and any style of retrieve from fast pulls to a figure of 8

Classic pattern that never lets you down

[Charliea1234]

Actually, my recollection of an article years ago in TF had the "Green pea" as exactly what you found, tied with green ostrich herl. I made some and they were f@cking useless !

However, the Pitsford Pea as Rob describes ie black lure with a fluoro green/chartreuse head is a winner everywhere, especially this time of year - can be done as a booby, tadpole, whatever. Green and black just works.

Charlie

[Rob Edmunds]

My Apologies....

But from the description it sounds a lot like Tom Ivens "Green & Brown"

Only bigger ?

[Charliea1234]

No tail on a the Green Pea - just a length of green ostrich herl with red floss in the middle was the pattern I saw.

In fact it looks as useless as it is


Charlie

[Rob Edmunds]

I won't rush to tie a few up then

[zonnkers]

I think this is what you are looking for
Green Pea

When my Brother used to fish Farmoor1 as a syndicate water he was always asking for more of this pattern

Dick

[Flyfishing-UK]

Concrete bowl variant is an absolute beast of a fly, I like it in size 6 ripped back on a di7 fished on its own or with a blob 8ft above it.

[PLUMPY]

Ah! that explains a few things, very useful.

What I thought was a Green Pea, is a green pea but not the green pea that catches well, for me at least. In fact I would agree with f*&king useless. I have even tried it when I've be catching well and its failed.

The obscure nameless black and green lures in my box are in fact green 'pitsford' peas, they often catch well when I resort to lures.


I guess when some one says they have bagged up on a green pea, it could be either, depending on who you ask, best to check.

Many thanks, Plumpy

[Wee Jimmy]

I seem to recall an article in the TF years ago by Dennis Moss who quoted the 'green pea' as he called it (I had only heard of the commonly known black/green pattern at that time) as one of his successfull patterns for catching grown on Rutland rainbows.
The article was all about fishing the shallow and weedy parts of the reservoir that most anglers wouldnt have bothered about.