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Black Gnat

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:14 pm
by Roadkill
My thanks to Andrew Herd for another fly from Thomas Hofland's The British Angler's Manual, 1839.

Hook-Dai Riki 070 #14
Thread-UTC 70 Black
Body-Black Ostrich Herl
Hackle-Starling

ImageIMGP0172 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Re: Black Gnat

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 8:15 pm
by DUBBN
I like that one!

Re: Black Gnat

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:13 pm
by Fishnkilts
That looks fantastic! I like how the ostrich herl looks on it.

Re: Black Gnat

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 10:06 pm
by letumgo
A simple, yet brilliant dressing. Ostrich is an under appreciated material.

Re: Black Gnat

Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2020 11:18 pm
by ronr
that one will kill on the upper Met this fall...