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Tom Jones (Beadhead Variation)
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Hook - Mustad R73-9671, size 8[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bead - Gold[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Thread - Black[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tag - Red uni stretch[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tail - Black squirrel tail[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Body - Olive chenille [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Wings - Olive marabou
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]When viewed from a fishy perspective it seems to imitate scuds (freshwater shrimp), damsels, stick caddis etc.
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The Tom Jones must be a Welsh fly ? right? Wrong! It is as Aussie as Fosters and it has a very long history in its native Australia. It was developed in 1971/1972 by a English ex-pat called John Lanchester who was a member of the Southern Fly Fishers