Bank Holidays are notorious for throwing nasty weather as us and whilst the wind blew, come May Day a light breeze stroked the surface. Initially, a belt of decent cloud provided enough cover for a flurry of Iron Blue Duns to hatch. These inky black ephemerids remain a favourite of mine, which seem to be increasing in northern regions. With duns littering the surface, time to try a new pattern. Thankfully, those trout sipping down flies were quick onto the concoction of mole’s fur and CdC, giving us a good couple of hours of top drawer dry fly sport. By early afternoon though a blazing sun burnt off cloud bringing a halt to the hatch. Though a careful bit of scrutiny revealed the odd fish still prepared to feed and picking our way upstream, we managed several trout to 2lb plus.
~This solid lump snaffled the IBS first cast~
…Another victim to the the IBS…
Iron Blue Cul (IBC):
Hook: Partridge Spider #16
Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0 claret
Body: Mole’s fur
Rib: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0 wine (claret) thread
Wing: Natural CdC (2 plumes)
~A tad scruffy this little tinker had tangled with several trout during a sparse hatch of Iron Blue Duns. That marriage of claret thread and mole’s fur gives a wonderful translucent and segmented effect when wet~
