LOCH STYLE FLIES

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(WET FLY OR LOCH STYLE FLY)

It was the summer of 2000 that I first became involved on English style Loch Style fly fishing and slowly I accumulated an arsenal of techniques and flies. The Mallard & Claret was the first for me in this series. Whilst it has been tweaked at the edges a little this Mallard & Claret pattern remains remarkably similar to the original fly pattern that has its origins in England some 500 odd years ago. In contemporary Australia whist still popular as a wet pattern for stream fishing it is also my favorite top dropper or "Bob" fly for lock style fishing.

I have also used the same pattern to add an imitation for the Grey Caenis Mayfly and a Blue Winged Olive Baetis Mayfly to my fly box.

MATERIALS FOR THE MALLARD & CLARET Hook Size - 8 to 14 long shank Thread - Claret Tail - Golden Pheasant tail tips Body - Claret dubbing Palmered hackle - Claret cock hackle Rib - Fine copper wire Wing - Bronze Mallard wing slips Front Hackle - Claret hen hackle	MATERIALS FOR ADAMS BOB: Hook Size - 8 to 14 long shank Thread - Grey Tail - Golden Pheasant tail tips Body - Rabbit blue / grey underfur Palmered hackle - Brown / red cock hackle Rib - Fine gold wire Wing - Grey duck feather wing slips Front Hackle - Grizzly & Brown hackle wound together	MATERIALS FOR THE OLIVE BOB: Hook Size - 8 to 14 long shank Thread - Olive Tail - Golden Pheasant tail tips Body - Olive dubbing Palmered hackle - Olive cock hackle Rib - Fine gold wire Wing - Grey duck feather wing slips Front Hackle - Olive hen hackle

 BLAE & BLACK #10-14 Golden pheasant tippet tail, silver wire rib, black seals fur or herl rope body, grey mallard feather wings & black hackle beard.

FROM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION YOU CAN WORK OUT THE PATTERNS FOR YOUR OWN WINGED BOB TYPE FLIES TIED TO IMITATE OUR AUSTRALIAN MAYFLIES

BAETIS EMERGERS

TAN #14 Tan tail and body, brown wings and ginger beard.
BROWN #14 Brown / olive tail and body, brown wings and brown beard.
PALE WATERY #14 Light olive / grey tail, grey / olive body, grey wings and light olive beard.
BLUE WINGED OLIVE #14 Olive tail and body, bluish grey wings and grey and olive beard.
GREY #12 Grizzly and brown hackle fibre tail, blue rabbit underfur body, grizzly hackle slip wings and grizzly and brown hackle fibre beard.
BLACK #16 All black.
 

CAENIS EMERGERS

GREY #16 Dress as for an Adams.
BROWN #16 All brown.
 

LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE, ONISCIGASTRIDAE AND KOSCIUSZKO EMERGERS

BLACK SPINNER #12 Charcoal to black.
RED SPINNER #12 Burgundy to red.
LAMBDA DUN #12 Ginger tail, grey body, brown wing and ginger beard.
MARCH BROWN #12 Yellow wool tag, gold/brown rabbit fur body with yellow ribbing, brown pheasant hen wing and partridge hackle beard.
TWILIGHT BEAUTY #12 Dark ginger tail, black body, grey / black wing and ginger beard.
HIGHLAND DUN (Tasmania particularly) #12 Dark brown / olive tail, body and wing with brown and olive hackle beard.
GREEN DRAKE #12 All olive green.
KOSCIUSZKO #12 All cream / beige.
 

TYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR A MALLARD & CLARET WINGED BOB FLY

A) Wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook. Tie in a length of fine copper wire. Tie in a tail of 6-8 Golden Pheasant tippets that is as long of the hook shank.
B) Dub on a cigar shaped body over the rear 2/3 of the hook shank. Tie the body hackle in directly in front of that body.
C) Wind the body hackle back along the fly forming 3 or four segments. Whilst holding the body hackle in place with one hand pick up the copper wire back up the body with the other hand also forming 3 or 4 segments that lock the body hackle in place.. Tie the copper wire off and trim the excess. Trim the excess hackle off at the tail with a blade. Directly in front of the body tie in a matching pair of feather slips that extend over the back of the fly at around a 30 degree angle. These wings should be as long as the shank of the hook.
D) Tie in the front hackle directly behind the eye of the hook and wind it back to the wings in touching turns. Take the thread back to the wings. Wind the thread through the front hackle locking it into place an then at the eye of the hook whilst stroking the hackle back build up a neat head, lock off and trim the thread and finally varnish the head.