Cormorants are great suggestive little patterns that can double as wets or nymphs. This pattern has proven itself in many waters and will catch fish all year round. If you fish for stilwater species you better put a kingfisher cormorant in your box.
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Materials list
Hook: @FullingMill Comp Heavy size 10-14
Thread: 8/0 Black
Body: Thread
Rib: Stretched pearl
Hot Spot: Fluo orange seal x dubbing
Wing: Black over kingfisher blue hen hackle fibres (blood marabou tips are fine too)
Some popular fly tying books
Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies https://amzn.to/4iEHbix
George Barron's "At the End of the Line" https://amzn.to/3h7SiA6
and "A Fine Line" https://amzn.to/2Rd41SK
Stan Headly's "Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland" https://amzn.to/3io1WA0
Patsy Deery's book "Irish Mayflies" https://amzn.to/3bRcZ3B
Peter O'Reiley's book "The Flies of Ireland" https://amzn.to/3sxCnkT
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