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Fly Patterns, Chillimps
Small orange fly for for garfish
An oldie pattern from GFF
By Martin Joergensen
Chillimps or Jydsk Chillimps is actually a classical Danish stream sea trout fly. My prime use of it though, is for garfish,. Used in small sizes (#12-16), it's quite deadly, and the garfish will willingly go for the fly, that hooks the hard billed fish very efficiently because of it''s small size.
| Hook
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12-16 down eye streamer
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| Thread
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Red or black
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| Tail
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Orange hackle fiber or small hackle tips, 2/3 of hook length
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| Body
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Orange dubbing
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| Rib
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Thin oval gold tinsel
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| Hackle
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One orange palmer hackle and one slightly larger orange front hackle
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| Head
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Tying thread
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The garfish seems generally happy with any small orange fly. My friend Henning from the Bananaflies fishes them with a hook dubbed with orange SLF and a back of white antron. I did some experiments last year, using a hook wound over with some orange yarn. Highly effective and durable. But the Chillimps looks so much better.

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