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[Mataura mayfly]

I bought several "bulk" spools of the florescent thread, not quite the bulk of the infamous orange yarn...... but more than would fit any bobbin holder I own. So I did wind some orange onto an old spool to fit and subsequently lost the name. I will dig out the other colours and get the name of the maker.
This thread really pop's under black light, but is a cotton sewing thread, not a specialised tying thread.

I have some vintage Plum coloured silk that is asking (nay- begging) to be used in place of the purple. Might have to try mixing up the florescent colours as well.

[Premerger]

Nice ties Jeff and well done on getting fish in these difficult conditions.
I too will own up to not having tied "hot spots'.
Prejudice? Quite probably!
They certainly work but remind me of a chimpanzee on heat.
...... (the door closed quietly as he slipped out).

[letumgo]

Tim - You cracked me up with that "visual image".

[Mataura mayfly]

Yes, but Tim, unlike the Chimp, you simply toss this one underwater and it is "out of sight- out of mind" and you do not have to admit to yourself you are fishing such an abomination!
Some folk don't like beads either, some folk don't like barbs...... what can I say, I am an Anarchist.

Besides, they work.
Here's two from this morning.



Up close



Wee bit smaller, just as feisty



Hot spot getting a bit "chewed" by now.

[letumgo]

Dear Anarchist, (humor)

I'm smiling ear to ear, happy for your success. Great photos. Nice healthy looking trout.

[swellcat]

Nice healthy looking trout.

Yes, always with his fish. The bodies seem so muscular, it's as if they've almost outgrown the wee heads.
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[swellcat]

Maybe everything's bigger in T̶e̶x̶ Southland.

[Premerger]

Beautiful fish Jeff, very nice.

Kate is asking if your Christmas decorations have made an appearance yet?
- and how your bees are.
It's amazing how much one can take in, over my shoulder

[UC Steve]

Nice workhorse flies. I've always thought of a hot spot as a sort of soft-hackle attractor pattern. There is a long tradition of that in our sport, ask any salmon fisher. To think that the imitative approach is somehow superior to the trigger approach is laughable, & diminishes the most creative branch of our sport, I think. And it should be said that pre-spawn trout develop fanciful tastes, just as salmon & steelhead. Happy circumstance for creative tyers. Your baits are good to look at & yer catching fish. Carry on smartly sir.

[Mataura mayfly]

Thanks Steve.

Found one surviving spool of thread still with label/wrapper. It is made in China for an Australian firm, Birch haberdashery & craft. It is not cotton, but 100% spun polyester.
I have three different florescent colours in 1000M spools...... so plenty of hot spots to be had.