SBS here...

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Short description of another use for this fly is explained here

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

I would have been in a mess without this fly yesterday. It worked brilliantly when the Yellow Sallies were the main course on the menu...

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Thanks Richard I might try that one.

Pete

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New rainbow PB 22 lbs Bangour 23/10/2011

Size 14 and 12 are the most useful sizes...

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Hi Richard when would you use this fly over a griffiths? Look's very similar but a little more fiddly to tie?? I am guessing the footprint is porbably a little different and it possibly sits a little lower in the water?

Cheers in advance

Dan

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Aha! To be truthful it is a fly you can use over all others and get away with it more often than not. I don't use Griffith's Gnat but would imagine it would be a better fly than the Double Badger in very small sizes. The Double Badger dressing seems to clog the hook from 16 downwards.

Under some circumstances the Double Badger can look like two or more flies very close together. I like to use a worn out one when the Caenis are about and I'm convinced it is taken as a raft of dead and dying Caenis spinners, as the rise form stays the same when the Double Badger is taken as it is when the little rafts are taken.

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Hi Richard:

Do you see any advantage to silver badger over golden badger for this dressing, depending on the hatch?

Hugh

One of the wonderful aspects of tying any fly with badger hackles is the great variety you can make simply by choosing a different colour of badger hackle. For example a Grey Duster with very dark (almost black) yellow badger hackle and yellow thread instead of brown on a size 18 hook makes a remarkably effective fake of the Iron Blue Dun

I think for this last few days where I have been fishing the yellow badger in my Double Badger was best for representing the Yellow Sally. Another time maybe the plain or silver badger would have an edge during a Caenis event...

richard

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Who resides on the right bank of the Derbyshire Wye and is lulled to sleep each night by the mutterings of a weir, dreaming that "When the rivers and their inhabitants come first, we ALL win..."

Tied a bucket load of these for my dad for this season. Nice SBS and good river fly

Andy