Eat Me fly
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Category: Freshwater Fishing
Forum Name: Fly Tying
Forum Description: Swap tips and techniques for Fresh and Saltwater fly patterns
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Printed Date: 04 Aug 2026 at 3:45pm
Topic: Eat Me fly
Posted By: Snuffit.
Subject: Eat Me fly
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2007 at 8:01am
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Saw this simple pattern in Fly Anger and it just looked so easy.
Hook: SL12S 2 - 4/0
Wing: Super hair, dark over light
Thread: flat white
Eyes: what ever floats your boat
Head: light epoxy
   Sorry that photos are shadey, photag I'm not!!!
The idea is to trim the underside of fly on angle from tail towards hook point, this keeps the fly free from wraps.
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Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2007 at 8:09am
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You've been busy :)
It is a good fly Nick, I use something very similar here outside the harbor... they do not work as well on harbour Kingfish for some reason, but outside over the reefs they are deadly. ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier 
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Posted By: Snuffit.
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2007 at 10:00am
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Swam a 4/0 smoke over white in the Rangi Channel yesterday while waiting for snaps on the bait rod. Observations: 1) fly fishing is much more fun than bait fishing ("Wow!" I hear you cry, "The guy's a genius!!!")
2) kahawai and mackeral love the Eat Me fly
3) I hate Easterlies when fishing the East Coast ("Wow!" I hear you cry, "The guy's a genius!!!")...........
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Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2007 at 12:08pm
If not a Genius then at the very least incredibly perceptive!!! ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: waitakidan
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2007 at 6:27am
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Do you have any problems with the wing wrapping around the hook? If you do, a bit of epoxy would turn them into Surf Candies and solve the problem. Nice simple looking fly though. Dan |
Posted By: Snuffit.
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2007 at 7:01am
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Hey Dan, beauty of this fly is that the super hair is quite stiff and not all that prone to wrapping, plus the underwing is cut at a taper from tail towards hook point to support the wing. Hope santa was kind to your little one.
Nick
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Posted By: Onecast
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2007 at 10:02am
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Nice flies Nick; Now I'll have to tie some up just because they are there. Bad Bug Fly Tying. Jax ------------- A man is only as big as the things that annoy him RIP 'Onecast' Jax Murray |
Posted By: waitakidan
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2007 at 6:05am
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Thanks Nick. Might tie some up a bit smaller. They would be a great fly for our rivermouth searuns and kahawai down here. Yep, little one got spoilt. Especially since he is the first grandchild on my wifes side. Hope you and yours had a great one too. Dan |