How to tie the Frylicious Floating Fry
Hook – Hanak H970 BL #8
Thread – Veevus GSP 30d (White)
Tail – Gold & Silver Flashabou
Body – FNF Bait Fish Pearl 60mm
Foam back – Tan flat foam
Foam over back – Hareline Flat Loco Foam
Eyes – Hareline Adhesive Eyes 1/8 Silver and Black
Its that time of year, the big fish come out to play if you can just catch a window in the autumnal weather. The weed beds at all the larger waters provide an abundance of food an all you can eat banquet if you will. This encouraged the bigger fish to come out from the depths and start packing on weight to get them through the winter.
They often smash into shoals of fry looking to kill or disable the small fish and tithes can be seen with lots of disturbance on the surface. After the initial commotion the fish can then be spotted patrolling around and picking off any dead or dying fry. Thats where the floating fry comes in just throw it out there. It can be left static or short jerky retrieves to imitate an injured fish should do the trick and remember to use strong tippet just in case that new PB is waiting to strike!
As mentioned in the video the foam can be bought from Upavon Fly Fishing upavonflyfishing.co.uk