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Hi guys met a fantastic last month Jeff Smith, he was over for a visit and he kindly visited me and gave me 2 beautiful books on Local fly patterns.
This weekend will see a major competition on lough Melvin , so here is a few patterns we are going to field test
the sunburst dabbler

hook-kamasan b170 size 10
tail flo yellow cock pheasant
thread veevus 16/0 black
body- chartreusse holo tinsel
rib emerald utc wire
body hackle- chartreusse grizzle
hackle- orange badger under flo green guinea
wing- fiery bronze mallard
jungle cock dyed picric

the sunburst bumble


hook-kamasanb170 size 12
thread- veevus 16/0 red
butt-flo red thread
tail- flo yellow tippet
body- gold holo tinsel
body hackle - yellow badger
wing- picric dyed cdc
legs- claret cock pheasant
hackle- blue grizzle

Wow! Has the sun come out in Moira? or is it just those two wonderful bright new patterns?

Fiery Bronze mallard? Is this available commercially or is it a self-dyed preperation? Way cool looking Lough fly for Rainbow's I would imagine. Your Bumble looks like a mixture of Irish Mayfly and Crane fly..... one I like.... a lot!
Are the two of these to be fished in teams, or as single flies on the cast?

Hi Jeff
the bronze mallard is one i dye up commercially
the flies are fished as a team the bumble on the top dropper and the dabbler on the point, i usually put a middle dropper on such as a cock robin or a black olive

Thanks for the quick reply Lawrence. Some of us will probably be quite interested in the differing methods of fishing a three fly team Irish Lough style.

So you are targeting Rainbow trout with these? To me here in NZ we would use a lot more subdued colours for Brown Trout, Rainbows here tend to be more agressive and less "match the hatch" orientated. You can annoy a rainbow here with something bright and induce a strike, try the same on a big brown and he will sulk or turn tail and head for cover!

L.F., glad to see you back on here. Your FaceBook page is awesome.

Welcome back Lawrence! Great to see you on the site again. Wonderful set of flies. Jeff recently sent me a some the hooks he bought from you during his recent visit. Lovely little irons.

The top fly was my favorite. Nice work!

Nice flies, are for the trout (Gillaroo?) that shoal in the depths of loughs like Mask?

Please can you give the titles of the books?

Ashley

Lawrence, how do you think flank off of this bird would go as a substitute for firey bronze Mallard?

Wow! That is gorgeous. So many colors, so many varieties. Slobber. Drool.

Kirk