Dean's Black Gnat Silver Twist.
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:15 pm
A severely underrated little fly rarely seen being used here now. Across and down on streams or fished verrrrrrryyyyy slllloooooowwwwlllyy on a lake.
Tail fibres of black hen, body of black ostrich herl with silver tinsel and a hackle of black hen. YTied bulky like a blowfly in sizes 10 - 14. Simple but deadly.
A great variation I came up with (The Nicholls' Black Gnat Blue Twist...) was to use blue lurex tinsel instead of the silver tinsel. We have a blowfly down here with a distinct almost metallic blue body and the blue tinsel twist just seems to work.
Tail fibres of black hen, body of black ostrich herl with silver tinsel and a hackle of black hen. YTied bulky like a blowfly in sizes 10 - 14. Simple but deadly.
A great variation I came up with (The Nicholls' Black Gnat Blue Twist...) was to use blue lurex tinsel instead of the silver tinsel. We have a blowfly down here with a distinct almost metallic blue body and the blue tinsel twist just seems to work.