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Grizzly saddle? I love how subtle this fly is, Brian, yet how effective it is.
Grizzly saddle? I love how subtle this fly is, Brian, yet how effective it is.
Not as subtle as I thought! ;-) Only because I don't have Bill's Bodi braid .... or peacock krystal flash (do have Senyo's hot orange dub). I'm heading to Camp Runamuck this coming Sunday, I need to tie up something out of the ordinary for me (that would be something like this fly!).Pat,
Yes, grizzly saddle hackle.
Here is the recipe if anyone is interested.
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Hook - Size 4 or 6 Tiemco 811S
Bead -5/32 Cyclop Gold Bead
Tail - pearl Billβs Bodi braid with peacock Krystal Flash color #17 over the top.
Body - pearl Billβs Bodi braid with size small tan Palmer Chenille palmered forward over it.
Underwing - Peacock Krystal Flash #17
Gills - Flame hot orange Senyoβs laser dub.
Collar - Natural grizzly saddle hackle for with Ice Dub golden brown color dubbed in behind the bead.


Hell yea sailfin cats are great! Other than the slime the leave on the leaderI didnβt bring a lot of materials with me to NOLA, so Iβve had to make due, but this little baitfish has been getting a lot of eats fishing around the brackish canal next to my job site. Another new to me species interrupted my redfish session tonight, small but kinda stoked on it! You never know what it could be when the line goes tight around here. My kind of fishing for sure.
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Nice hatSame fly pattern got another new species for me tonight: Black Drum. Iβve heard they are tough to feed but this one smoked the fly on a fairly steady strip. Thought it was a red.
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I like that higas sos. It was my "change for a bit" fly today.These flies worked on a reservoir in NE Oregon last week. The fly on the bottom was to see how gaudy of a fly they would take. The lower Higa SOS was after about 20 trout munched on it under a bobber. One fish took the black jig leech with the orange bead right next to my pontoon boat as I was rolled the line to get the next cast and retrieve started. So, I guess that meanβs Billyβs jig fly can be used for top water, even with a tungsten bead. View attachment 13004View attachment 13005

I like it as well. My first clue was not rising fish but swallows flying around close to the water. Needed a chiromomid pattern and that one caught my eye when I opened that box. They crushed it!I like that higas sos. It was my "change for a bit" fly today.
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And thanks! I learned about that fly from your posts.I like it as well. My first clue was not rising fish but swallows flying around close to the water. Needed a chiromomid pattern and that one caught my eye when I opened that box. They crushed it!
YES! Finally someone that knows the truth of this color combo. I can GUARANTEE this fly works in any west side lakes. Burnt orange, black and add olive flash, literally the last week have had more people pissed at me than ever before.The top left fly caught this and 13 others today. The bakers dozen.
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