Yellow Dancer Lure

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.

Johnny wrote:


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

google knows all Yellow Dancer fly
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2754341C

Tinsel body by the look, on a bead head Woolly Bugger


Steve

"Johnny" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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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.


It is just a gold head woolly bugger with yellow hackle and a white marabou
tail, although the tail colour is often varied. The body is gold tinsel, and
the rib is gold wire.

People giving these flies all these silly names are a pain in the neck.

TL
MC

There is peathingy tinsel (Presume this is peacock tinsel) to be used
somewhere in it.

The word "peathingy" arises because some boards use censor software, and
this changes the word "cock" to "thingy". Not too long ago, there were
quite a few people actually looking for "peathingy tinsel".

You can find an example of "peacock tinsel" here;
http://www.danica.com/flytier/berick...ddis_larva.htm

I have never seen any myself, presumably this is it;
http://www.hookandhackle.ca/item2378.htm

but there are various ranges of "peacock "
yarns etc etc.

For instance;
http://www.herrschners.com/products/...__id-1741.html

TL
MC

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

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:46:43 +0000 (UTC), Scottish Fly Fisher
wrote:

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

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher


BTW, if you do pop in and look, please sign my embryonic site's rather
sparse guestbook. I've used frames, so the link I gave will only
display the dancer's page. you'll have to go to the main site's url to
find the GB link. :-) Pretty Please...

John

http://groups.msn.com/scottishflyfisher

"Mike Connor" wrote in message
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There is peathingy tinsel (Presume this is peacock tinsel) to be used
somewhere in it.

The word "peathingy" arises because some boards use censor software, and
this changes the word "cock" to "thingy". Not too long ago, there were
quite a few people actually looking for "peathingy tinsel".

In the interest of forestalling embarrassing social gaffes, one hastens to
point out what SHOULD be obvious......a "peathingy" is not at all the same
thing as a "peethingy". Walking into the last bastion of unregenerate
manliness, the local flyshop, and asking to see examples of the latter is
bound to get one talked about.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
SNIP
In the interest of forestalling embarrassing social gaffes, one hastens to
point out what SHOULD be obvious......a "peathingy" is not at all the same
thing as a "peethingy". Walking into the last bastion of unregenerate
manliness, the local flyshop, and asking to see examples of the latter is
bound to get one talked about.

Wolfgang

Indeed. Also goes to show how ridiculous this form of censorship is.

TL
MC