Monthly Rod & Reel Fly Tying Challenge
This is a monthly challenge with great prizes courtesy of Rod & Reel. Published in Riffles and due on the following months club night (or to Derek Eustace by arrangement)
Challenge Rules
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April Riffles Pattern - Yoshi's X Factor (Nymph)
| Hook: |
# 10 |
| Head: |
Gold bead |
| Tail whisks: |
Small bunch of natural brown hen hackle fibres |
| Body & thorax: |
Light brown or chocolate, dyed rabbit fur |
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Ribbing: |
Very narrow red tinsel |
| Collar: |
Several turns of 'hot-orange' thread between thorax & gold bead |
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May Riffles Pattern - Soft Hackle Sawyer (Wet)
| Hook |
# 12 |
| Thorax |
Small copper bead |
| Body |
Fine, light brown, 'Ice' dubbing brush |
| Rib |
Fine copper wire |
| Hackle |
Partridge |
| Head |
Brown (small) |
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June Riffles Pattern - Green Rabbit (Lure)
| Hook: |
# 6-10 |
| Tail: |
Small bunch of red hackle fibres. |
| Body: |
Green chenille. |
| Ribbing: |
Oval silver rib. |
| Wing: |
Strib of rabbit pelt, tied-in with rib, 'Matuku' style. |
| Hackle: |
Natrural red brown or ginger (optional, several strands of 'Krystal Flash' or equal) |
| Head: |
Black, neatly tapered. |
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July Riffles Pattern -Robs Redhead Bloodworm (Nymph)
| Hook: |
# 12 caddis |
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Tying thread: |
red |
| Head: |
small red glass bead |
| Tail: |
medium bunch of fine, red-dyed, marabou fibres |
| Adbomen: |
narrow red mylar or lurex |
| Thorax: |
fine,red-dyed, marabou or wool or synthethic fibre dubbing |
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August Riffles Pattern - Humpy (dry)
| Hook: |
#10 (wide-gap if desired) |
| Tail: |
medium bunch, lightfawn, Elk or Deer hair |
| Body: |
optional turquoise, green, red, or yellow lurex or holographic tinsel |
| Under-body & wing-case: |
4-5mm wide closed-cell foam strip (colour optional) |
| Wing: |
white synthetic wing-fibre, divided to ‘V’ shape |
| Hackle |
natural brown, ginger, or red, hackle feather (wound both sides of wing) |
| Head: |
neat whip-finish only |
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September Riffles Pattern - Thin mint (Lure)
| Hook: |
#6 |
| Head: |
gold bead |
| Tail: |
3 small bunches of marabou - black over brown over green - with several strands of narrow chartreuse mylar flash. |
| Body: |
peacock herl |
| Ribbing: |
narrow chartreuse mylar flash |
| Hackle: |
brown, ginger or natural red hackle feather 'Palmer' wrapped |
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