Flamethrower?

[fishingd0]

Does anyone know the materials required for this fly?

[tyneandrew]

Check out this thread Gordon, there is a picture of one.

salmosalar.proboards80.com/index.cgi?board=anglingreports&action=display&thread=1170259643&page=5

Sure someone will provide the detail of materials

[fishingd0]

Cheers, that is just what I was looking for.

[Sloggi]

I tend to tie mine much lighter than the ebay flies.

I use salar hooks - silver or gold - and tie a first hackle about a third-way down the shank - it holds up the "tail/wing".

Then tie in the "tail/wing" made of bucktail and some crystal flash.

Then one or two more hackles but fewer turns than the ebay pictures.

Finally Jungle C and tie off. Colours are mixtures or red, yellow, and orange.

Very easy to tie. The hackle holds up the tail/wing pretty well. On the lower Dee I use one on the dropper with a cascade on the point. Does well for me.

[altmor]

Saw this thread and tied 2 flamethrowers for a trip to the R Awe, tail end of last week / weekend. On the first day I stuck to my usual cascades or yellow allys. Result was four fish landed and four fish lost (on for a good 4-5 minutes then off).

Second day (Saturday) - stuck with the same patterns but to no avail. Not a fish pull till 4.30pm when I changed over to the flamethrowers. Result was 3rd cast a fish of 4lb from the tail of Upper Colnel's, followed by a second fish of 7lb from the neck of Lower Colnel's only a dozen or so casts later.

Went on to loose one more and catch a third at about 7.30pm from the Big Verry.

Wish I had been using it all day now - but I'll certainly be tying some more up for my box and they'll get moved to the front of the queue when tackling up next trip.

A simple fly to tie, but very effective all the same.

Thanks to all for the thread, and good pics to follow colours / profiles.

Cheers,

Altmor