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Well, welcome back to FlyFishing Podcast.
I'm going to tie another jig.
This time I'm going to use some rubber legsite to give it a little bit more action than water.
I've had these particular effective patterns for things like grueling.
They seem to like to take flies which are rising from the riverbed up.
And to get deep down there, that's probably the best place for them.
Now this is really a fly I came up with last year.
I modeled on some European patterns, both French who have been fishing microemps for some time and aren't long leaders.
I also check patterns. These are multi-purpose flies really.
Just tie those legs in as a tail.
I'm just going to flip those off and make the next lot of legs.
Now the body is tied from just a great bottom.
You can also add a short grey tail in with the legs.
You can just put a little bit of marupu or fluff in there as you go forward.
These are pointing backwards. Not all that neat.
It has to be exactly the same.
I'm going to bring this forward as we're tying this, the rib.
This makes it easier for you to do it in stages.
All these legs in there. A bit more movement.
Got them in going backwards.
Keep them out of the way.
I hope a few are going forwards as well.
You always can resize these after you've built everything up.
There's a possum dubbing on there.
Very good dubbing for things like...
Build that up a bit.
A good dubbing for lots of dry flies.
It holds together well.
You can have those legs going backwards.
Build it around the bead to keep it as secure as possible.
I'm going to put in a CDC feather, which is going to be a hackle.
It's a very fine set of legs at the front, tightened by the tip.
Don't worry about your legs at the moment.
Now I'm going to use a mosaic, black and red dubbing.
It's got a lot of shimmer to it.
Just in front of the last pair of legs behind the bead.
Take the thread forward.
As we're going forward with the CDC, came everything back.
I'm producing a leggy hackle there.
I'm going forward to secure that off.
Wrap down and create a whisk of hackle around the fly's head.
Those legs give it an impression of movement.
Where's that dubbing again?
I'm going to apply whip finishing to it.
If you've got a little jig, which has got lots of movement, there's a bit of sparkle in it.
That's prime for catching trout rainbows, going down deep, bouncing across the bottom of the river.
Also, that vertical movement up through the different plains of the water is very, very killing.
Particularly if you're trying to imitate some of the gaiquissage coming out of the hatch, that ascending nymph is a real trigger.
Something which will trigger, particularly grail in the end of taking this time of year.
Tie a few up, pull it on, give it a fish. Come back to see me at the Folly Fishing Podcast. Tight lines.
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