On 31 Oct 2005 11:30:14 -0800, "Johnny"
wrote:


I've had a fly pattern called a Yellow Dancer Lure suggested to me. It
is used as a winter lure in Scotland. It apparently has a long white
marabou tail and a palmered yellow hackle body with a gold head bead at
the front.

There is peathingy tinsel (Presume this is peacock tinsel) to be used
somewhere in it. Could anyone suggest if this is used for the body
layer before the hackle is palmered on the hookshank or is it for the
rib. If its for the body what is used to rib the palmered hackle.

Can anyone shed any light on the tying of this fly.

The Yellow Dancer was "invented" by a guy from Lanark, where I grew
up. Look up Newmill Trout and Deer Farm... they used to brag about it
on their site. It's really just a lure, more of a shiney bugger than a
woolly bugger.

Here's my version of the pattern. I can scan and put up a pic of one
that was tied by the so-called inventor. I don't think the guy ties
them any more. I think they get Daiwa to do that for them now.



It's a good lure, and not only for the winter. I had a good day with a
YD at my local trout brothel about a month ago. In fact, I'm waiting
to see if I get another "Troumasters" badge for my best fish that day,
a 5lb tiger trout.

I'm not much of a lure chucker, but this fly seems to work well if you
fish it on a floater, like a nymph. Unlike a WB, there's no chenille
to get waterlogged, so the fly undulates well, because all of the
weight is in the head.

Many people think that this is why the dancer series of flies is so
called. However, it's because of local colloquialism... (cue Mike
Myers accent...) "Oh, ya DANCER!!!" This roughly translated could
mean, "oh you beauty!" Could be worse. It could've been called a
Yellow Stoatir.

John

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