Fly Fishing Tips: Flies for Gaula
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Gaula Howler (tube)
- Body: Rear is chartreuse tinsel, front is green flashabou, wound
- Tag: chartreuse Fluoro FibreCheeks: jungle cock
- Rib: chartreuse UTC Wire
- Centre Body Hackle: lime cock with two turns peacock herl in front
- Under Wing: white polar bear followed by soft white fox (silver flash combed in)
- Middle wing: yellow fox (hot yellow angel hair combed in)
- Top Wing: Chartreuse Green Fox with chartreuse angel hair combed in and peacock strands over
- Eyes: Jungle Cock
- Hackles: white schlappen followed by lime green with lime green bird fur wound in front
- Head: Guideline Fits turbo cone
Jonas
This fly was tied after being shown a fly with a brown wing and blue throat by Jonas Hammerstedt, one of the most famous guides on Gaula. I didn’t tie my fly exactly the same but since it was inspired by Jonas I named it after him. This fly has been really, really good.
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Body: copper tinsel or plain brass tube
Body hackle: palmered fiery brown cock (none on plain brass tube)
Rib: round silver tinsel (none on Plain tube)
Tag (optional): either yellow or red Anton yarn
Throat hackle: orange schlappen or soft hen under fluorescent blue guinea fowl or grizzly blue cock.
Wing: orange templedog followed by light golden brown followed by rusty brown followed by dark brown. Between each wing layer copper and root beer angel hair (sparse) and combed into wing. Strands of mirage down flanks.
Cheeks: jungle cock, either dyed orange or plain.
Green Highlander Tube
This is a modern tying of a classic fly. The most popular tying of the green highlander for Gaula is with the black overwing rather than the brown in the traditional. This version features a guideline turbo cone with bird fur front hackle and a tungsten cone hidden underneath the wing. It is tied on Guideline 'Fits' Tubing. The hidden cone is best for early season deep fishing - later in the year you can omit the hidden tube if you want the fly to fish high in the water. The turbo cone is also optional.
- Thread: chartreuse UTC
- Tag: gold Fluro Fibre
- Rib: oval Gold
- Rear Body: yellow floss wound
- Front Body: highlander green floss or green flashabou wound
- Wing: yellow polar bear with hot yellow angel hair followed by yellow Fox with gold angel hair followed by orange fox with orange angel hair followed by highlander green fox with chartreuse and peacock angel hair with over wing of long black fox
- Extra Flash: two strands of green pearl flashabou down flank
- Throat Hackles: yellow cock followed by highlander green schlappen and fully wound hackle of lime green bird fur (two turns)
- Eyes: picric jungle cock
Ace of Spades (Walther Deus)
Walther gave me this fly. I think that it was designed and tied for him by famous German fisherman Ulf Sild.
Body: silver (either aluminium tube, undressed or other tube with silver tinsel)
Wing (long and slim): white fox or temple dog under black fox or templedog. Wing is tied in layers to create a long,
flowing sinuous wing).
Flash: silver angel hair
Throat hackle: speckled black guinea fowl
Cheeks: jungle cock
Sunburst Flood Fly
This is a great choice for a summer flood. It really lights up in the water. One to use when the river runs black, like Guinness.
Head: fluorescent orange thread (utc)
Body: flat copper tinsel
Rib: gold oval tinsel
Body Hackle: fiery brown and orange grizzle cock, palmered.
Wing: sunburst yellow fox with yellow angel hair combed in followed by orange fox or templedog with orange angle hair
combed in, followed by red fox or templedog and a layer of copper angel hair followed by an over wing of golden brown
fox.
First hackle: (tied as a throat) yellow schlappen or soft hen.
Second hackle (tied full over final wing): scarlet cock schlappen.
Cheeks: orange dyed jungle cock