How Do You Rig A Nymph Leader For Lake Fishing?

[Donald Nicolson]

Hi GBF
The Diawl Bach has been one of the most successful stillwater flies in the UK for a number of years now, the amount of variations tells it's own story.
Also buzzers and buzzer tactics have quite an old pedigree now, starting back in the 1960s, a lot of literature on the subject.
I shall post a list of writers and books when I can collect it together.
They should not be too expensive on the second hand market, but are very informative, even the older ones.

[flymaker2]

Hi GBF
The Diawl Bach has been one of the most successful stillwater flies in the UK for a number of years now, the amount of variations tells it's own story.

Donald, do you have an image of this fly you can link to or post?

Thanks

[Donald Nicolson]

This is a picture of the Diawl Bach, an easy fly to tie -



The recipe is in the article given above.

[flymaker2]

This is a picture of the Diawl Bach, an easy fly to tie -The recipe is in the article given above.

Thanks Donald. Very good read and thanks for the post of the image. A local rcommends a pattern called "Epoxy Backed Pheasant Tail" nymph, and that looks pretty much like the flash back Diawl Bach . I'm going to try a three fly rig..