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Bibio

Bibio

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Model:  EF-5060-12
Bar Code:  886741014434
Brand:  The Essential Fly
Manufacturer:  The Essential Fly
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Bibio - Wet Fly

The Bibio is based on the Bibio created by Major Charles Roberts.

Bibio

The Bibio was created in the late 1950's or 60's by Major Charles Roberts of the Burrisholle Fishery in Mayo and has received a great deal of attention and usage throughout the UK. It was originally tied to represent the heather beetle for sea-trout on loughs Furnace and Feeagh. The Bibio has now become one of the great Irish wet flies for brown trout, sea-trout & salmon. The Bibio is taken for a large range of dark insects from duckflies to beetles, Bibio is a group of true flies which include the Black Gnat and Hawthorn. Water conditions will determine the size of fly to be fished. The Bibio is a good taker of salmon and sea-trout when fished on the dropper on rippled pools in West Ireland rivers. This fly is best fished as a bob fly in the surface film.


Use The Bibio To Catch:


The Bibio can be used to catch Salmon

The Bibio can be used to catch Atlantic Salmon

The Bibio can be used to catch Rainbow Trout

The Bibio can be used to catch Brown Trout

The Bibio can be used to catch Sea Trout



Trout Wet Fly - Bibio

wet flies like Bibio are are range of flies that imitate larva, pupa, drowned adults and Lures

The trout finds most of its food beneath the surface of the water, sometimes by grubbing around the weed-beds, at other times by rising in water to take nymphs and pupae on their way to the surface 

The wet flies which include Bibio fall into various categories: larval and pupal forms of various aquatic insects; drowned adults or even swamped stillborn flies; and drowned terrestrials such as beetles. Many do not represent anything in nature, but are classed as attractor flies or lures, designed to tempt the fish to take out of curiosity. A number of the silver-bodied flies can emulate small fry or minnows. Most of the dry flies have a wet-fly equivalents. The use of heavier hooks, softer hen hackles instead of cock, and in the case of winged flies a backward-sloping wing, changes the dry fly into a wet one which sinks below the sufrace of the water. Cock hackles are used for these patterns but they are taken from the very young bird where the individual fibres are very soft.

There are two main areas of wet-fly fishing. Firstly, there are the wild rain-fed rivers and streams where it is difficult to see a fish rise let alone see a minute dry fly on the surface. On such waters, wet flies are used almost exclusively upstream and down, as necessity or terrain dictates. The second main area of wet-fly fishing is on atill waters like lakes, lochs and reservoirs, where the angler uses a team of wet flies just below the surface. 

On wild streams while searching for the natural Brownie, soft-hackled wet flies like the Partridge and Orange, the Snipe and Purple, the Black Spider, a wet Coch-y-Bonddu, and many others are used.

'When do you fish a wet fly, and when a dry?' 

Always fish a dry-fly pattern when you see a trout rising during a hatch of natural insects. However, when the trout refuses to rise to a dry fly, fishing just below the surface with a wet fly can often work. When no activity is obvious, it is a case for the wet fly, pure and simple.

The soft, game-bird hackles of many wet flies have the necessary mobility in the water. They pulsate and 'kick' in the current, attracting the fish by their very movement. They look alive and edible; the two key properties for a successful fly.

Wet Fly Bibio fishing techniques

a technique that has stood the test of time, where the fly (e.g. the Bibio) is fished sub-surface and is retrieved slowly using a 'Figure-of-Eight' manipulation of the line in the hand. A floating or intermediate line can be used to retrieve the Bibio


Bibio - Fly Tying Dressing

For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Bibio. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Bibio at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Bibio 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 Bibio as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us.


Hook Sizes

Wet Fly Size 8 to 14

Silk Thread

Black

Body

Seals fur in 3 parts, black, hot orange and black

Rib

fine oval silver wire

Hackle

Black cock palmereed with a second black cock hackle, slightly longer in the fibre at the front.



Bibio Product Keywords:

Bibio, Bibio Wet & Nymphs, Bibio Salmon Fly, Bibio Atlantic Salmon Fly, Bibio Rainbow Trout Fly, Bibio Brown Trout Fly, Bibio Sea Trout Fly, Major Charles Roberts

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Bibio Telephone Ordering

We have a telephone ordering department 0845 401 4001 for you to order Bibio if you need assistance and for all of your fly fishing needs. Our telephone ordering service operates Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Grenwich Mean TIme (GMT). International telephone ordering is available on +44 (0)113 816 0053. The Bibio has a part number of EF-5060. The Bibio has an online saving of £0.14 (23%) when purchasing the Bibio.[/IF} As well as Bibio

The Essential Fly is a manufacturer of flies, fly tying materials and fly fishing accessories. Established in 2006 The Essential Fly is a multiple award winning company with top quality customer service.

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