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My DDFS pattern
Howdy swappers,
I promised more info about my fly for the DD-swap. Well: The Garfish Juletrae This time no subtile pattern for trout, but a fly which is often used in The Netherlands in the period you guys call the dogdays, a variation on the "Juletrae". What I can tell about it is that starting the month of May the Garfish (belone belone - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfish ) reaches our coasts in for spawning. Usually this fish is caught on bait(worms, small strips of salmon or strips cut from their own belly), sometimes with lures. But when they are hunting in the shore-areas it is possible to use flies. Specially in the delta in the south. One big problem however is the long, bill-like mouth of the fish - often the reason why the fish is not hooked or will loose the hook during the (sometimes rather spectacular) fight. The Juletrae (which is Danish for christmastree) is actually a Danish seatrout-fly, tied on longshank hooks, only using spectraflash-tubing and the tyingthread itself. Though it's a simple pattern it can be very effective for seatrout. Sometimes it is tied as a tubefly.Now: using tubeflies is a very effective way to deal with the Garfish/hooking-problem. We add a small hook or treble and the loss is significantly less than on normal hooks. he simplicty also lowers the costs: many flies get lost on rocks and stones. We fish this fly on AFTMA 6 or 7 rods, usually on sinktip-lines. That way the Garfish can show it's acrobatical strength in it's best way. The pattern: Tube: any tube you need (aluminium, copper or plastic - this makes the weight) in the desired length (e.g. 1 inch alu) Thread: 6/0 fluo-orange Tail and body: spectraflash tubing Wing: Mirror Image This will make a very effective pattern! Greetings to you all! Hans van der Stroom |
My DDFS pattern
Hans van der Stroom typed:
Howdy swappers, I promised more info about my fly for the DD-swap. Well: The Garfish Juletrae This time no subtile pattern for trout, but a fly which is often used in The Netherlands in the period you guys call the dogdays, a variation on the "Juletrae". snip Excellent, Hans! I'm looking forward to it. -- TL, Tim ------------------------- http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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