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Model: EF-3520-10Bar Code: 886741009959Brand: The Essential FlyManufacturer: The Essential FlyPrice Can$: Can$ 1.09Price Euro: €0.79Price UKŁ: Ł0.67Price SEK: 7.24 SEKPrice NOK: 6.13 NOKPrice DKK: 5.82 DKK-- Fly Fishing Usage --: -River Trout Fly Fishing: River Fly FishingUPC Barcode: 886741009942EAN Barcode: 5052925009946
Shadow Mayfly created by Peter Deane.
The shadow mayfly is the creation of Peter Deane. The Shadow Mayfly is a very impressionistic pattern that is known to catch many fish on the Hampshire chalk streams. It can also be used as a dapping fly.
The Shadow Mayfly can be used to catch Cutthroat
The Shadow Mayfly can be used to catch Brown Trout
As the name indicates dry flies which include Shadow Mayfly are designed to float on the surface of the water. Trout dry flies types which include Shadow Mayfly imitate a wide variery of flies and insects which inhabit the surface of the water. There is nothing like using dry flies and watching trout and grayling rise to the surface. To purists dry fly fishing is the true art-form of fly fishing, indeed some rivers only permit dry fly fishing. There are some dry flies (e.g. the Popper, Muddlers) which are designed to attract fish by the action of creating a surface disturbance. The flies are made from very bouyant materials (e.g, cork, ethafoam or deer hair, the latter having a generous application of floatant). A Muddler retrieved upwind of a rise can often result in a bulge in the water as the fish follows the fly.
A dry fly like Shadow Mayfly has flotant (Gink is the most popular) warmed in your hand and gently rubbed into the hackles to help Shadow Mayfly float and they are usually cast singly on a trout tapered leader. A floating line is used, but with the tapered leader de-greased so that it does not glint and flash light spooking the trout
The Shadow Mayfly can be used as a Dapping Fly. In Ireland, it is common to see the locals using a dapping technique on the loughs. They usually use a long rod, often as long as 17ft, a large fly reel (or alternatively a beautifully smooth-running Centrepin reel) containing strong nylon spinning line attached to about 5 yards of 'floss line'. The floss line is joined to a level leader of about 4 feet, with a hook about size 10 on to which a couple of mayflies or a Shadow Mayfly have been caught at the thorax. The floss line billows out in front of the boat, and the rod is held so that the mayfly or Shadow Mayfly skip enticingly across the surface of the water, as the breeze fluctuates. This seems to be an irresistible attraction to the trout, the odd salmon has been known to be can be caught with this method.
With this method live mayfly are used to dap on the surface!. Howewer we use mayfly and later in the season cranefly imitations. Alterbative in place of the natural fly, sometimes a very bushy tied fly is substituted - often of two contrasting colours (bi-visible) to assist the angler in identifying the position of the fly. The Shadow Mayfly is great fun when used for dapping
For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Shadow Mayfly. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Shadow Mayfly at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Shadow Mayfly yourself to understand the pleasure of catching a fish with your own tied fly, however at the price we sell flies it is only worth tying one or two Shadow Mayfly as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us.Hook SizesDry Fly - long shank 10 - 12 Silk ThreadBlackBodyNo body, the hackle provides the bodyHacklePalmered grizzle cockWinginger hackle tips clipped at the top
Hook Sizes
Dry Fly - long shank 10 - 12
Silk Thread
Black
Body
No body, the hackle provides the body
Hackle
Palmered grizzle cock
Wing
inger hackle tips clipped at the top
Shadow Mayfly, Shadow Mayfly Dry Fly, Shadow Mayfly Cutthroat Fly, Shadow Mayfly Brown Trout Fly, Peter Deane
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