Monthly Featured Fly (February 2011)

The Nomad

This is one of the most famous and successful lures of all time.I fish it on the point with a buzzer pattern on a dropper about 3 feet about the lure.

This lure has all the right ingredients for catching trout, plenty of movement in the marabou tail, a bit of weight in the gold bead to give the fly even more action in the water, a bit of flash and also a bit of brightness in the 'nose' of the fly.

The position of the gold bead on the hook gives this fly a lovely dipping and diving action in the water, and that weight within the fly also means its ideal to fish on any line. Fishing this fly on a floating line gives you the option to fish it high in the water or to let it sink and keep it a bit deeper with a slow retrieve. White with a fluoro yellow/green nose and black with fluoro yellow/green nose are probably the best two colours for this time of year.