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    Default Mottled Bumble




    Mottled Bumble
    Hook: Kamasan B175 #12
    Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
    Rib: Wire, silver fine
    Body hackle: Saddle hackle, grizzly dyed dark brown
    Hackle: Guinea fowl


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    Hans W
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    Considering that the material list is so similar to the Loch Ordie its a very different fly.
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    A.

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    Do you think you'd fish this dry, wet or dry then pulled under as a wet?
    Really like that look.

    cheers.

    Allan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Allan View Post
    Do you think you'd fish this dry, wet or dry then pulled under as a wet?
    Allan,

    The original Bumbles were fished on rivers, and were tied on much larger hooks - #4 and #6.

    These days Bumbles are mostly fished on still waters (loughs and lochs, in Ireland and Scotland respectively) - as the top fly, or "bob" fly, on a team of three. It skims the waves, while the other two flies are fished sub-surface, in essence providing an anchor point for the top fly.

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    Interesting. Thanks.

    Allan

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    When fishing the "Bob" fly in the manor Hans described, (Something I do most of the time here in Scotland) it is often not the bob fly that catches. Don't be tempted to change it though. The waked bob fly often brings fish up to it which then take the middle or point fly. Its a case of the team amounting to more than the sum if its parts.
    Cheers
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