Chironomid larva or bloodworm are a bread-and-butter stillwater food source, as they are available throughout the season. Presented properly, trout seldom refuse a bloodworm pattern. Presented just above the bottom, the majority of the time, bloodworm patterns such as my Fork-Tailed Devil.
Featuring a Tungsten Head Turner bead, you have the option of presenting the Fork-Tailed Devil horizontally under an indicator if you use a clinch or improved clinch knot. If you use a non-slip loop knot, you can also present this fly using cast and retrieve techniques with a floating line, Midge Tip or slow sinking line such as RIO's Hover.
Still around until the end of the video, where I demonstrate how I set up this fly to suspend horizontally.
Fork-Tailed Devil
Hook: Daiichi 4640 #12-#16
Thread: 8/0 or 70 Denier, Red
Tail: Stretch Floss, Sexi Floss or Spanflex, Red
Rib: Vinyl Rib o D-Rib, Midge, Red
Body: Holographic Mylar, Red
Bead: Tungsten Head Turner, Black Nickel, Gold, Copper, Fluorescent Orange or Fluorescent Chartreuse
Material Sources
Daiichi 4640: www.canadianllama.com/daiichi...
8/0 or 70 Denier Thread, Red: bit.ly/3tWCFVx
Stretch Floss, Sexi Floss, or Spanflex, Red: bit.ly/3nQRBAM
Vinyl Rib or D-Rib, Midge, Red: bit.ly/3fRXARu
Holographic Mylar, Red: bit.ly/3rLEQIO
Tungsten Head Turner Beads: www.canadianllama.com/tungste...
Brushable Superglue: amzn.to/3KBQHC4
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22 янв 2022
