Sinking Snail: Fly Tying Step by Step

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Жыл бұрын

A quick little video for a snail pattern I was asked to tie up. While I have not fished this yet myself the person who had me whip it up had some results that are quite promising. I have filmed this in a size ten but think going smaller sizes will be more productive here in New Zealand where a lot of our aquatic snails are quite small. The size ten is a lot easier to film so for demonstration purposes have tied it here a bit bigger. I will be aiming to fish this below a dry fly on some of our lakes and dams around weed beds. That being said I think it has enough going for it be fished as a standard nymph on our rivers as well and could potentially be taken for a range of small insects.
Happy Tying Everyone
MATERIALS
HOOK: Kamsan b110
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THREAD: Semperfli Brown 30d Nano Silk
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BODY:
Semperfli Brown Sparkle Dubbing
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Semperfli Black 0.1mm Wire
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Antron Yarn (Also used for the snail head)
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Пікірлер: 8

@oldsmugglerflyfishing Жыл бұрын

Nice buggy looking fly

@southofnorthflyfishing Жыл бұрын

Cheers for that 👍

@TERRYBIGGENDEN Жыл бұрын

Very nice and simple. Also a kind of scud or even a killer bug-who knows? Good for sure. Yiur demos are very clear and nicely paced. Great tips as well. :-)

@southofnorthflyfishing Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much glad to hear they're helpful 👍

@heyjim52 Жыл бұрын

I like the fly because it can be taken for other food sources. If you want to see a great snail pattern look up Gsnail a very good representation of a snail on You tube.

@RickHurst Ай бұрын

Have you used this now as a snail imitation? How has it worked for you? I'm in the western US where we have many snails in our desert reservoirs. Fish are usually gorged with them. I'm still working on finding a pattern that will work. Do you fish these with much movement, or do you just let them hang near the weed beds?

@southofnorthflyfishing Ай бұрын

Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to yet. Been looking for a chance but haven't ticked the box for where I'm fishing yet. Most of the patterns I fish here are small 18 nymphs and small dries. That being said the guy I tied them for had some success with them down in the south island around Tekapo which is why I tied them in the first place. He claimed a few big fish with them I believe.