Published Dec 24. 2005 - 18 years ago
Updated or edited Apr 27. 2020

Merry Christmas

The Global FlyFisher staff wishes everybody a very merry Christmas - and a happy New Year if we don't see you before then. A Christmas Fly saw its way into Martin's fill-the-box-project. A slightly more colorful variation of his usual drab and dull flies.

Sea trout flies
Martin Joergensen
The Danish Pastry Fly Christmas Style
Martin Joergensen

The Christmas Fly is a fly that poked it's way into Martin's winter-flybox-project. It's basically a Danish Pastry Fly with Christmas colors.

 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

from the Global FlyFisher staff
Bob Petti
Bob Skehan
Steve Schweitzer &
Martin Joergensen

Christmas Fly
Pattern type: 
Wet fly
Originator: 
Martin Joergensen
Species: 
brown trout, sea trout (sea run)
Materials: 
Hook
Kamasan B175 size 6
Tying thread
Red 6/0
Ribbing
Red copper wire
Body
Gold dubbing
Hackle
Green
Eyes
Bead chain
Skill level/difficulty: 
Easy
Instruction: 
See the Danish Pastry Fly for full tying instructions with step-by-step illustrations

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Comments

Submitted by David Anstey on Mon, 2010-02-01 10:34
I have my own varian...

I have my own variant of a Christmas Fly with green/red and it is highly effective for spring brook trout here in Newfoundland. Your pattern is more elegant than mine and I can't wait to try it.

Submitted by Peter John Tinkler on Thu, 2006-02-02 18:38
I am a secretary of ...

I am a secretary of a trout lake in england,i found your site very interesting.

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