Name
Jowl Back
Type
Nymph
Author
Dr Paul Davis
Inspiration
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 concieved
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
Eyes
none
Hackle
None
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.
Variants