The F Fly

Materials required:

• Fine wire emerger hook Sizes 14 – 20

• Body – fine olive, black or brown seal`s fur or substitute

• Tying thread – olive 8/0 or colour to match body

• Wing – natural cdc feathers

Tying:

1. Catch in thread behind the eye and take down to opposite barb in close, touching turns.
2. Dub on a very small quantity of seal`s fur and wind back to eye.

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3.Take a couple of natural cdc feather and tie in behind the eye on top of the hook to form a swept back wing and cut off surplus stalk.

4.Form neat head, tie off and varnish the head.

This fly is superb on both rivers and lakes and can be tied in any colour to match the hatch but olive, black and beige tend to be the most popular

The fly can be used when buzzers are hatching and it fishes in the film as an emerger. The cdc feathers being naturally oily hold the fly in the film and the fish will usually sip them in. Fish the fly static and do not attempt to put any floatant on the fly .

The only drawback is that after a fish has been caught the fly must be changed and allowed to dry before using again. When the fish are on it you get through plenty of flies !!

In larger sizes the olive version can be very effective during hatches of olives. The fly can fish very well on mild winter days when there are nearly always some buzzers hatching and locally a black version in size 18 can perform very well in winter for those anglers willing to try the floating line.

On the rivers the fly is a good one to try when fish are rising but you are not certain what exactly they want. Experiment with sizes and colours until you find the right combination. Do not allow to drag or else the fly will become water logged although it can still take fish beneath the surface !