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Fly Review - Traditional Wets

 hving dealt with the attractors/lures now moving on to traditional wets. I think I am looking for bushy mobile flies with a dash of clour to be used as either a middle or top fly with an attractor/lure on the point but could also see me using a nymph type fly on the point or middle

So general purpose halfway house between attaractor and nymph is essentially what I am lookingfor

Bibio - plenty of movement with a flash of red

Black Zulu - similar to Bibio but larger flash of red as a tail

Sedgehog Claret - lovely and bushy with a dash of colour, would see it mainly as a top dropper at the moment

Red Arsed Peter - plenty of hackle movement with a flash of colour

Soldier Palmer - again plenty of hackle movement and prominent red tail

UV Kate McLaren - plenty of movemt and lots of flash

Claret Snatcher - again plenty of movement and a lighter profile than a black fly

Straggler Claret UV and Orange UV - Plenty of movement and flash very much a link with the attarctors/lures

Bushy Bob Bibio - larger more hackled version of the Bibio for use in higher wave conditions?

Coch Y Bonddu - blast from the past that I just cannot resist but nicely combines movement and colour


All of the above in size 10 and 12 gives 22 options which I think is sufficient for this type of fly

May look to supplement these through the year with some more olive/greenish patterns but for me these are enough to start the season with - lets see how it goes

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