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Fly Fishing Usage: StreamersPart No: EF-4020Manufacturer: The Essential Fly
Appetiser created by Bob Church.
The Appetiser was devised by Bob Church, known to be one of Britain's leading still-water anglers. This fly imitates fry of coarse fish such as the roach. On its day this can be a deadly pattern.
The Appetiser can be used to catch Rainbow Trout
The Appetiser can be used to catch Brown Trout
The Appetiser is a type of lure or streamer fly. Streamers or lures fall into two categories, imitator streamers or attractor streamers. The Black, Olive, Natural and White Woolly Buggers Zonker are imitator streamers. An imitator streamer represenst a specific type of food, which is preyed upon by the trout, typically a small fish for example. As Trout are territorial and they will defend their territory against invading fish the fly-fishermen can use this knowledge to their advantage. Using an imitator streamer a trout can be fooled into attacking what he thinks is fry invading its territory. The alternative to an imitator fly is an attractor fly or as some fishermen call them 'piss them off fly'. A brightly coloured attractor fly is retrieved past the nose of a large brown trout or rainbow in hiding can excite a trout into striking if it thinks its feeding territory is under attack stimulating a big hit. Sometimes Trout will strike out of simple curiosity just to see if it is edible even though it does not look like their normal food. Sometimes bright, flashy flies drive them crazy or just annoy them. Some for example a Red Zonkers are attractors streamer fly patterns, these are not designed to represent a particular baitfish but to excite a predatory trout into striking using brightly colored and reflective materials in their design.
For the more adventurous among you we have provided tying specifications for the Appetiser. Remember at The Essential Fly we sell the Appetiser at incredible prices with a top quality fly and service to back it up. It is certainly worth tying the Appetiser yourself to understand the pleasure of catching a fish with your own tied fly, however at the price we sell flies it is only worth tying one or two Appetiser as your can spend more time fishing instead of tying flies - buy volume online with us.Hook SizesLong shank 6 to 10Silk ThreadBlackTailMixed orange, green & silver Mallard fibresBodyWhite chenilleRibOval silver tinselHackleAs tailWingWhite marabou with grey squirrel over
Hook Sizes
Long shank 6 to 10
Silk Thread
Black
Tail
Mixed orange, green & silver Mallard fibres
Body
White chenille
Rib
Oval silver tinsel
Hackle
As tail
Wing
White marabou with grey squirrel over
Appetiser, Appetiser Streamer, Appetiser Rainbow Trout Fly, Appetiser Brown Trout Fly, Bob Church
The Essential Fly is an award winning fly fishing company. We have won awards for customer service so if you need help and are not keen on the Internet for ordering then use our telephone ordering department (UK) 0845 401 4001 International +44 (0)113 816 0053 for you to order Appetiser if you need assistance and for all of your fly fishing needs, our team is always ready to help. Our telephone ordering service operates Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm Grenwich Mean Time (GMT).The Appetiser is available for purchase for £0.52 and has a part number of EF-4020. The Appetiser has an online saving of £0.13 (20%) when purchasing the Appetiser from www.theessentialfly.com.[/IF} As well as Appetiser
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Available in Fly Size(s) 8, 10, 12, 14
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