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This is a pattern that I
developed at the same time as Kent Håkansson
from Mörrum invented almost an identical fly for
the fishing at the river Emån. To be polite I
therefore let “Håkan” have the credit for this
eminent pattern for fishing brown trout during
the dark hours of the day.
The first time I tied this fly
I tried it in one of our brown trout lakes,
using a grain line just as dusk set in. The
result was three big brown trout in twenty
minutes, which all bit the fly at a depth
between four and five metres.
When I discovered that the fly
did not perform that well in a stream I added
the weight. If you do not add the weight the
flattened muddler head will rise to the surface.
It is a bit tricky to tie in
deer hair on top of the lead wire but it is
doubtlessly worthwhile to learn the technique.
This pattern is excellent to fish on the surface
with a float line even if it’s most common to
try and reach the depth where the fish holds.
The most upper part of the
rapid Sjöforsen, Gubbrakan and the streams below
Holmarna are three excellent examples of parts
of the river Vindelälven where this fly fish
better than any other when nighttime fishing.
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