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2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:16 pm
by fly_fischa
After Roadkills recent proposal, I decided that seeing it's the 1st day of 2012 I'd have a crack at a double.
http://flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2592
Karsten
Dubble Trubble
Hook - Kamasan B440 12#
Thread - 14/0 Sheer black
Hackle - Partridge fore & aft
Shuck - 2x Partridge aftershaft feathers from the hackle
Rib - Orange coloured Hends wire #0,09
Body – Natural Aussie Possum

Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:57 pm
by willowhead
Very nice one........beautiful.

Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:03 pm
by hankaye
fly_fischa, Howdy;
What can I say .... ???
Beautiful, simply beautiful. As usual....
hank
Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:13 pm
by Roadkill
Looks like a fair dinkum fly, I bet a Barramundi or a Murray cod would smash that in Oz or a devilish

brown down in Tazzy.
Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:38 am
by Kelly L.
That fly is spectacular, fore and aft! Love it!
Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:56 pm
by letumgo
Nice fly, mate. Looks like a very lively pattern. I imagine the hackle would be wiggling around very seductively at the slightest current. Definitely a "come hither" pattern.

Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:45 pm
by fly_fischa
Thanks for the kind comments folks.
Roadkill -
Barra and Murray Cod, I think it would have to go from a 12# to at least a 3/0, but I like your enthusiasm.

It'd work on Tassy trout for sure.

Thanks for planting the idea of tying a fore & aft. It was a lot of fun and looks like a juicy morsel. Let's hope the trout think so too

Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 4:41 pm
by Ron Eagle Elk
I know a river where the West Slope Cutthroat will smash that fly in half a heart beat. I like it (that means I'll be having a copy or three in my box).
REE
Re: 2012 Fore & Aft attempt for Roadkill
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:08 am
by fly_fischa
Cheers Ron, I appreciate the gesture, it's nice to think you'll catch some cutthroat trout on it. They're such a gorgeous fish. I had a fantastic fishing trip back in 98 where I fished for cutthroats in the rocky mountains of BC. On my best day I caught 33 on a beautiful forest stream called the skookumchuck, one of the best days ever.
Thanks again
Karsten
