Djihad
The Djihad is a bright fly with a shiny body, silver combined with black and red. Just my kind of fly. I like the Irish Shrimp tradition flies, and this is such a fly on steroids. It even uses one of my favorite materials: Golden Pheasant.
This very politically inappropriately named fly was designed by Danish fly-fisher and photographer Steen Larsen. While I don't agree with Steen in many of his ideas about coastal fishing, I have to admit that this particular fly is very appealing to my eyes. It's been around for years and years, but I never tied or fished it before. With its combination of silver, red and black I imagine that it can become a lighter dressed stand-in for my beloved Bloody Butchers.
The basic pattern falls somewhere in the group of Ullsok, Omoe Brush, Irish Shrimp-tradition flies.It even uses some colors that I love: silver, black and red and materials that I love, in particular the red Golden Pheasant feathers. The large black front hackles on my Djihads come from my own roosters, which I used to have in my garden when I lived in a house.
I have tied my Djihads fairly large, and I think they will be excellent flies for rough water.
I have tied my Djihads fairly large, and I think they will be excellent flies for rough water.
1 - start the thread
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2 - prepare tail
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3 - tie in tail
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4 - tail done
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5 - flash
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6 - fold back flash
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7 - tail done
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8 - prepare tinsel
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9 - tie in tinsel
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10 - wrap tinsel
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11 - wrap tinsel back
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12 - tie down tinsel
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13 - trim tinsel, prepare hackle
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14 - strip fluff
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15 - red dubbing
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16 - dubbing done
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17 - tie in hackle
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18 - wrap hackle
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19 - tinsel
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20 - wrap tinsel
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21 - cut tinsel, bub thread
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22 - dubbing ball
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23 - hackle
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24 - strip fluffy part
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25 - tie in hackle
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26 - wrap hackle
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27 - tie down hackle
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28 - head
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29 - whip finish
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30 - varnish
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Comments
It's an amazing Fly
It's an amazing Fly i'll catchend 90% of my Fish's with it last Autum..
I Tyed some a little bit smaler but now i only use the Bigger ones.
Thx for this SbS
Martin, a really
Martin,
a really cool looking fly. Thanks. I'll tie some soon.
Jan
janw