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The Fat Herring
Tied By Tobbe Hedin

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

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 .

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