The Guinness Trout

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The Guinness Trout was the fruit of a joke brought up at a tying conclave. Mention was made that if we could tie a pattern that looked as good to the trout as a freshly poured glass of Guinness looked to us, they would not be able to resist it. After messing around at the vise, the Guinness Trout evolved. Only to prove later, that fish did indeed like it. Likewise so did I, and it has remained in my box ever since. It's a heavy fly that I like to tight-line drift through those deep pools.

Recipe for the Guinness Trout

Hook: #10 Straight-Eye Streamer
Thread: 6/0 Rusty-dun Uni-thread
Tail: Tan Marabou
Rib: Fine Gold Wire
Abdomen: Rusty Dun Tying Thread
Bead: Gold Tungsten
Hackle: #10 Furnace

For a full tying video click on the link below:

http://ralphsflybox.blogspot.com/201...ess-trout.html

Very inspired

If you get the cans of Guinness I can see a mini Widget ball with a stinger hook creating an enticing bubble trail on the back end of this. :D

Hey now...don't get me started. I may just have to drink another to get a birds-eye view of the widget. :)

Ah....LOVE the roiling foam of a freshly poured Guiness! Good-looking fly! :)

I enjoyed the video. Let me know when you come up with a Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout Trout pattern... :)

Regards,
Ed