Peter assumed the task of leading.
The Fly was the egg laying Elk Hair Caddis. It is a simple fly to tie and can be tied from size 20 to size 10. In past years it has been responsible for many hook ups for Peter (he cannot suggest that it was primarily the egg laying tie that attracted the fish or whether an ordinary would have done the job).
The following materials are required for the tying of the Egg Laying EHC:
Hook size: size 16 or your preferred size hook Hanak 100BL
Thread : Uni thread 8/0 Brown
Dubbing: Ice Dub UV peacock eye (or hends spectre dubbing 46)
Dubbing : superfine dubbing Tan
Hackle: Brown Saddle Hackle to suit hook size
Wing: Bleached Elk Hair

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Leon has offered up this pattern. He said “I am sharing this easy to make fly for carp. For people who only have enough time to fish near home. Drag slow on bottom for carp and fast for Redfin.

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The PFD (personal floatation device) Humpy is this month’s Fly Fishers International Fly of the Month so is being tied all around the world in November. Lyall will take us through some of the intricacies.

This is a high floatation stimulator/attractor which is great for choppy rapids as your dry fly on your dry and dropper rig.

Materials

Hook: size 10 dry fly hook (I used a 1x short Gamakatsu S12-1F but any dry fly hook will do)

Wing: white kiptail

Hackle: saddle hackle – any colour

Body: floss any colour and 1.5 mm foam sheet any colour (see attached photo and you will get the idea)

Tail: elk hair

Thread: 6/0 colour to match foam

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