Whisky fly

[ae1whia]

Anybody have a pattern for this fly, I know its a retro pattern but read an article on it and fancy giving it a try

Cheers

Andy

[keniom]

Try this:
http://www.fish4flies.com/Lures/Stre...ils/Whisky_Fly

[guest15]

It was a cracking fly, never had it off my cast! cannot see why it wouldn't still catch, a fav on loch fitty

Be interested to hear how you get on with it

[humungus]

not many orange flies that wont catch fish from blobs to hoppers they all work great

[steve collyer]

I have the original 1970's tying for this fly from my father's book.
I'm at work now, but will post it early this evening.

[ae1whia]

thanks gents
Any more 70's flies that used to catch but arent in fashion any more?

[Wee Jimmy]

The Appetizer was a successful fly for me back in the 80s.I havent fished one for years......dunno why,though it was probably superceded by the white cat.It looked really cute scaled down on to a standard size 10 or a 14 longshank.

[neil26]

do flies from the past not work as well as modern ones or is it a case that because they fall out of favour nobody ties them onto the end of the rod- and therefore they dont catch fish anymore??
being a newbie im not aware of fly fashion and have just being using flies from a selection box, but it seems most of these are quite retro.
iv used the whiskey fly from my selection with great success until i lost them in a tree

[steve collyer]

Church fry
Jack Frost
Polystickle
Sinfoil's fry
Black Chenille
Sweeney Todd
It's mostly lures that go in & out of fashion.

[Chris Reeves]

Steve, do you think that's correct?

If you look back through your old TF and FF and FT mags you'll see dozens of dries and nymphs that no longer appear on catch returns. I think your reasoning is a product of the "Sun" type of Fly fishing journalism that mainly promotes the catch and release fisheries and therefore the popular "pond" flies of the day. A good dry for use on a windswept loch will never achieve the publicity of a blob (thank goodness) as so will not get so much use, but will remain in favour for much longer amongst those who know it.

I'll look back through my old mags and throw a few names inot this thread later.

Cheers

---------- Post added at 01:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:19 PM ----------

I pinched the from Fish4flies website

About the Whisky Fly

The Whisk fly was created by Albert Willock for his local reservoir (anyone know where?, its potential as a good utility lure was very quickly realised, quick its fame spread and its was killing rainbows on various waters. It works along the bottom slowly and just as well on a fast retieve just below the surface.


Dressing

•Hook : 6 - 10 Longshank

•Thread : Red
•Body : Flat silver tinsel, gold can be used as an alternative
•Rib : Red tying silk
•Wing : Red or hot orange dyed calf's tail
•Throat : Red or hot orange cock
•Head : Build up of red tying silk

(The body is varnished after the rib and before tying on any hackle or wing!)

Cheers

Chris