The Fat Herring
Tied By Tobbe Hedin
Name |
The Fat Herring |
Category |
Sea Trout / Salmon / Steelhead |
Hook |
Salar Silver size 3 or on Tube |
Thread |
White |
Tag |
Blue Mini Flat Braid |
Butt |
A White Cickabou Hackle Tied as a Collar |
Tail |
White Rabbit Zonker Strip (Short) |
Body |
Coral Blue Gliss N´Dubb (Well Brushed Out) |
First Front Hackle |
Blue Chickabou Hackle |
Wing |
Two Strands of Blue Mirror Flash. Ice Blue Zonker Strip |
Second Front Hackle |
Black Chickabou or Metz Soft Hackle as a Collar |
Cheeks |
Jungle Cock |
Head |
On Hook Blue Varnish or on Tube a Silver Cone Head size Small or Medium |
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The Fat Herring was tied by Swedish Fly Tyer and contributer to Salmonfly.Net, Tobbe Heddin.
Tobbe writes about this fly: "This fly works very well in Clear Waters in Sunshine and in Dark Waters when it’s Cloudy. "
Read more about Tobbe Hedin and see more of his flies at The Flies of Tobbe Hedin . |