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Claret & Squirrel

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The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF form is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
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Martin

Fly tying - Tie Better

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CD

Here's the original pattern:

Hook Bronze trout hook size 6 - 10
Tag Round gold tinsel (veniard nr.20)
Tail Tippets
Body Dark claret sealfur
Wing A few strands bucktail, a few strands Lureflash Twinkle and dark brown siberian squirrel
Hackle Black hen
Head Black

Ok, here it is:

I didn't have Siberian Squirrel so I used the only squirrel I had, Red Fox Squirrel Tail. The white tips of the red fox shouldn't detract from the pattern I don't think. We use it for a lot of streamer patterns here.

Chris,

Just had to let you know that I tried your pattern for the first time today and did get one wicked hit on it. Only fished it for maybe 5 minuets and then a thunderstorm moved in and we decided to get the heck off the lake. I will be trying it next time out and hopefully will have a few fishy pictures to share.

Here's the original pattern:

Hook Bronze trout hook size 6 - 10
Tag Round gold tinsel (veniard nr.20)
Tail Tippets
Body Dark claret sealfur
Wing A few strands bucktail, a few strands Lureflash Twinkle and dark brown siberian squirrel
Hackle Black hen
Head Black

Ok, here it is:

I didn't have Siberian Squirrel so I used the only squirrel I had, Red Fox Squirrel Tail. The white tips of the red fox shouldn't detract from the pattern I don't think. We use it for a lot of streamer patterns here.

Chris,

Just had to let you know that I tried your pattern for the first time today and did get one wicked hit on it. Only fished it for maybe 5 minuets and then a thunderstorm moved in and we decided to get the heck off the lake. I will be trying it next time out and hopefully will have a few fishy pictures to share.

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