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Post by Sloggi on Mar 14, 2007 22:39:12 GMT
Anyone seen one of these flies? I've read it's doing well on the Dee.
If anyone has one of these, could you post the pattern or a picture or both?
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Post by macd on Mar 15, 2007 15:36:16 GMT
hey sloggi,
never saw your post before i made mine. i take it you saw it on iains report.
Ross
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Post by tyneandrew on Mar 15, 2007 15:40:36 GMT
Its got to be a Sunray varient of some kind i would have thought. Got some Norway fishers at Aboyne this week and looking at last seasons catches most were made on the Apa - again a sunray varient.
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 15, 2007 18:53:17 GMT
hey sloggi, never saw your post before i made mine. i take it you saw it on iains report. Ross No problem - maybe a moderator would be king enough to amalgamate the two threads? Had a couple of hours at Maryculter - nothing doing. Hopefully someone will know something about this fly. |
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Post by say on Mar 15, 2007 21:56:44 GMT
The Monkey..  I saw this on the Somers report today and I ended up surfing the net for half an hour or so to see if I could find a pic, no luck  If these Norwegians are all fishing 'The Monkey' then I suppose they will have success. Just look at the comment made by Kenny regarding the post about the 25lb Salmon that was caught. He made the comment that 60% of his fish have been taken on the GWG, which is a popular fly at this time of year. That's what keeps fly fishing interesting, as soon as we all hear about a new pattern most of us change from what was a WG, then the Ally's and now the Cascade and of course the sunray now has a place in most fly boxes. |
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Post by williegunn on Mar 15, 2007 22:33:23 GMT
No problem - maybe a moderator would be king enough to amalgamate the two threads? I would if I could I can't so I won't |
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 16, 2007 8:40:18 GMT
No problem - maybe a moderator would be king enough to amalgamate the two threads? I would if I could I can't so I won't Have you come across the Monkey Fly, WG? |
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Post by williegunn on Mar 16, 2007 9:14:27 GMT
Have you come across the Monkey Fly, WG? No; monkey fleas yes a Monkey Fly no |
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 16, 2007 14:03:08 GMT
Have you come across the Monkey Fly, WG? No; monkey fleas yes a Monkey Fly no Too much info WG  |
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 21, 2007 19:27:34 GMT
On ADAA website, Colin from Somers says he's got a monkey fly. I'll try to get hold of him and get a photo unless someone gets there first!
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Post by storlaks on Mar 21, 2007 19:41:57 GMT
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 21, 2007 19:51:05 GMT
Spoke to David Craik from Somers on Saturday. He said that the Monkey fly is similar to a Sunray Shadow, using real Monkey hair and the only real difference is in the addition of Jungle cock cheeks. Cheers Graham Are they fishing it on a sinker or intermediate fast and deep? |
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 21, 2007 19:51:45 GMT
Intersting pages That's in my favourites list - thanks |
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Post by stu47 on Mar 21, 2007 19:56:02 GMT
Thought i saw somewhere the dressng for a sunray shadow asks for colobus monkey for the wing
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 21, 2007 19:57:56 GMT
Cheers Graham Are they fishing it on a sinker or intermediate fast and deep? Sorry, forgot to ask. I thought it would too fast for cold water fishing even on a sinker and too high in the water if fishing a floater  Any thoughts? |
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Post by stu47 on Mar 21, 2007 20:19:54 GMT
Not to readily available monkey hair
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Post by Peter Terndrup on Mar 23, 2007 23:20:36 GMT
 This is my version of the "Monkey Shadow" Tube: Plastic or Silver Brass tube Hackle: Yellow Slappen or Hen Hackle Wing: Strip of Monkey(Colobus) tied in as a Zonker strib with some ostrich hjerl and some Peacock Angel Hair Cheeks: Jungle cock Head: Black I tie it with 5 to 15 cm long wing. What special with the Monkey hair(Colobus Monkey) is that it kinks when its get into the water. As a sub. you can use Goat or Polar Bear hair in good quality |
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Post by Sloggi on Mar 23, 2007 23:40:54 GMT
Excellent Thanks for that. Two questions: 1. Can you source me some monkey hair? 2. How do you fish it in the spring? Intermediate/sinking line fished deep but a bit faster than a standard tube? |
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Post by macd on Mar 24, 2007 9:44:39 GMT
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Post by stu47 on Mar 24, 2007 11:20:28 GMT
Costs about 13 pound for a piece,macd i had forgotten i had put that tlf no for Jarle Grande there on that thread,had just come across the forum.Thats how much roughly it costs,just ordered some myself,i am not sure but think he doesnt post abroad,but you never know
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I saw this on the Somers report today and I ended up surfing the net for half an hour or so to see if I could find a pic, no luck 
