Col's Olive

[Buzz]

Today this pattern given to me by Beacon Beige caught an obscene amount of trout and one Grayling.

Thread:- Skinny stuff
Hook:- A bent one
Body :- Gold
Hackle :- Spun squirrel
Wing :- CDC
Tail:- Micro fibbets

[Scratch]

That's my kinda pattern mate... messy, simple, suggestive... Delicious!

[sage]

Hi Mark.

Nice looking fly, you know you need claret for the ladies

[North Country Angler]

Nice that Mark. I bet a wee one with mirage tinsel would make a fine autumn aphid pattern.

M

[Beacon Beige]

That very fly works wonders on stillwaters as well

The Silver body is just as good

Col

[Buzz]

Messy, messy?
Thats the neatest organic looking fly i have.

To be honest its a bit "fancy" for me , i like my trout flies to look like wee creepy crawlies which effectively means grey/olive or yellowish and dull but the last few weeks the Dry Red Tag has astounded me so much so that i am looking at flies in a whole new light.

So Sage, more about these wee claret numbersplease dont tell me they have a thorax hackle, i could not continue fishing if that was the case.

[sage]

Hi Mark

Not a dry, just what the 53cm ladies like!!

But on the dry front been having a lot of fun on very small sedge patterns down here.

[Spider]

Buzz

thanks for that - lovely fly - another one for the winter vice......

Can anyone tell me how to spin squirral hair ?

[Buzz]

[QUOTE=sage;530214]

Not a dry, just what the 53cm ladies like!!

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I know the very one and have two wee battalions of them already lined up and ready to go when i need them.

[buzzersnblobs]

great looking fly - would you mind telling what hook its tied on