*Type of Fly

Nymph

*Name of Fly:

Jowl Back

*Etymology:
(Why you named the fly with its name)

Name comes from the fact that the fly is based on a Diawl Bach and Jowl Back is a play on how Diawl Back is said..

*Date Invented

February 2006

Hook:

Size 8 or 10 Red Kamasan B170

Thread:

Black (e.g. Uni-Thread 8/0 Black)

Weighting:

None

Tail:

None

Body:

3 strands of peacock herl combined with 3 strands of peacock sword herl.

Rib:

Fine red holographic tinsel

Thorax:

N/A

Legs:

N/A

Wings:

Lureflash Mosaic

Hackle:

None

Special Tying Instructions:

Easy to tie variation on a Diawl Bach.

Fishing Instructions:

Great Fish taker, anytime in the season but particularly good during the autumn when the fish turn onto pin fry.  Fish as a team of three on reservoirs – it even does well early in the season on the dreaded middle dropper position on the Midlands reservoirs.

Interesting Facts:

Took my largest ever reservoir rainbow on this fly – 6lb from Bewl Water during the club’s 2007 Charity Pairs match.