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Black Zulu

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Published on Apr 21. 2018 - 6 years ago
Updated or edited 6 years ago

Wet flies

Classic wet fly tying, The first fly I ever caught a trout on. I guess I was eight or nine years old, and I didn't even have a fly rod back then. Just a Black Zulu, 10 feet of mono line and my bare hands. By now this fly has followed me through nearly five decades. The combination of black, silver and red seems to work for all kind of trout... anywhere.

Originator

Michael Jensen

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Michael Jensens Angling

Cutcliffe 3a

Number 3a in the pattern list. Dark Peacock and Black Red Hackle.

Body: dark peacock herl
Rib: Gold twist
Hackle: Black Red. I interpret this as "furnace".

Mar 3. 2025

Cutcliffe #II

Number 2! Sable and Water rat - Silvery Speckled Brown

Feb 27. 2025

Cutcliffe #I

Here we go!
Fox and Squirrel with Rusty Brown Blue.

I have resisted tying all the patterns listed 38 plus the extras within the book's text but let's begin

Nov 17. 2019

The March Brown Legacy

The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries.

Creative GeWe Wet Flies

Aug 18. 2019

A wonderful little book with Belgian Geert Werbrouck's beautiful wet flies. Lots of pictures, lots of patterns, lots of tying and material tips.

Perrault's Standard

Apr 5. 2016

This might not look like the most exciting book I own. It isn't valuable. It isn't particularly beautiful either – rather ugly actually. Still it's one of the gems in my collection.

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