Guide
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Wet fly#10–14black / redBest: May–Sep
When to use
Heather fly/general. Top dropper in a wave — the Irish banker.
Imitates
Terrestrial beetles and hatching midge
Team position
Top or middle dropper on a traditional team.
Best methods
Loch styleDibbling
Dressing
- Hook
- wet fly, #10-12
- Thread
- black
- Body
- black seal's fur with a central band of red seal's fur
- Rib
- fine oval silver
- Hackle
- black cock, palmered the length of the body
A black-red-black loch fly; dibble it in the wave.
Pairs with
Retrieve & line
- Best in a ripple, top of the water
- Dibbled through the top of the wave before lift-off
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