Published Dec 14. 2021 - 1 year ago

Linked Omoe Brush

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Linked flies revisited

Some 25 years ago, I experimented with what I back then referred to as "linked flies". Today they’d be called articulated, and I have taken the tying method up again.

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This version is an extension (literally) of the Danish sea trout fly the Omoe Brush. It features an extended tail, tied with simple, home made shanks.

Originator: 
Ken Bonde Larsen/Martin Joergensen
Pattern type: 
Cold saltwater fly
Skill level/difficulty: 
A little difficult
Instruction: 
See this video for tying instructions.
Species: 
sea trout (sea run)
Materials: 
Shanks
DIY shanks from thin wire (see article)
Thread
Red or brown 6/0
Tail hackles
Two red golden pheasant shoulder feathers
Body hackles
Four red golden pheasant shoulder feathers - two in the rear, one central and one in front
Flash
One straw of pearly flash of your choice. Goes in between the two rear hackles.
Dubbing
Any long fibered tan or rusty dubbing. I use musk ox. Rabbit or hare will do.
Head
Varnished tying thread.
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Linked flies revisited

Some 25 years ago, I experimented with what I back then referred to as "linked flies". Today they’d be called articulated, and I have taken the tying method up again.
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