Yellow Butt March Brown Palmer Dry Freshwater Hook : 14 -10. Thread : Olive or brown 6/0. Tag : Yellow wool. Body : Brown seals fur Seals Fur. Palmer Hackle : Light brown Cock hackle. Hackle : Brown/Red Cock hackle.
Tying Instructions 1) Tie in thread at hook bend. 2) Tie in a short yellow wool tag. 3) Tie in tip of your palmer hackle. 4) Form body ???????. 5) Palmer body with hackle . 6) Tie in brown/red hackle. 7) Form standard dry fly hackle behind hook eye. 8) Tie off thread and trim excess.
Fly Notes
Fishing Notes This fly is the middle fly in a standard Loch style rig of three flies with an attractor fly like a carrot fly on the lead and an English hopper as the point fly. From a boat cast the over an area in a fan approach. One at 10 o'clock, one a 10:30 o'clock etc till at 2 o'clock take a step or two forward and repeat.. on the lift off 'skitch' or dabble the flies across the surface so they form a wake. Beast of windy days with lots of wave action. See UK websites, Peter Hayes (from Tasmania) and a few articles in Flylife and Tasmanian Boating and fishing monthly for more info on this method. Target species include Trout.
Location Notes Lakes and impoundments.
Prey Notes Generalist dry fly.
Tier Richard Carter

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