One for the duckfly

irishflies · #1 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 08:53 PM

Thought you might like this one.

body= black thread
over body= clear material called 'semtex'
throat=hot orange dubbing
wings=white goose biots
hackle= black chinese cock

This pattern has worked well last season on the loughs.

BRUCE1 · #2 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by irishflies

Thought you might like this one.

body= black thread
over body= clear material called 'semtex'
throat=hot orange dubbing
wings=white goose biots
hackle= black chinese cock

This pattern has worked well last season on the loughs.

nice fly ,........................ should be quite "explosive"

irishflies · #3 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 09:15 PM

Hello Bruce,
yes its a material I bought of ebay.Its clear but whatever thread you use under the body it shows thought it.
Really nice stuff and will make the body strong.

I like using goose biots for the wings as its much stronger than the 'hackle tips' as normally used on this pattern.

sweenytodd · #4 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 09:19 PM

Nice fly

Does that Semtex stuff stretch well ??? In other words can you stretch it to make it thinner ??

Have you got a link to where you got it from please as I have something in mind and that might be just the job

irishflies · #5 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 09:21 PM

Hello sweeneytodd,
Yes you can stretch it.Just heat it up with your hands and it does stretch.
I bought it a while back.I will try and see if i can see it listed.

Fishing Junkie · #6 (**permalink**) 25-02-2010, 09:28 PM

Nice fly. I've been tying up some duck flies up myself tonight after seeing some great examples on the forum - but how do you fish them???

I'm guessing slow fig 8 like a nymph/buzzer but I've also tied some up with quite a heavy head hackle and I'm thinking it might work well pulled through a wave??

Any thoughts