Soldier Palmer (Variant) with JC

[belfast boy]

The Soldier Palmer was created in the early 1800s, and is still one of my go to trout flies. Tied here in size 10

 

[ellipse]

What a pleasure to fish with those. Really like the proportions. Excellent.

 

[Lamson v10]

Crackers Belfast boy ? been a long time since I fished one of those

 

[tenet]

Very nice tyings? - Used to be a favourite on the top dropper at Chew when they had a good hatch of "grenadier" buzzers in the warmer months. Seems to be a thing of the past as these large reservoirs mature and more and more nitrates and insectocides are washed in from surrounding farmland poisoning the insect life and creating algae blooms in the summer. No wonder the competition boys fish with blobs and boobies. That being said the quality and size of fish stocked has improved to counteract the predation from Esox and Cormorants.

 

[belfast boy]

What a pleasure to fish with those. Really like the proportions. Excellent.

Thanks ellipse

 

[belfast boy]

Crackers Belfast boy ? been a long time since I fished one of those

Thanks Lamson

 

[belfast boy]

Very nice tyings? - Used to be a favourite on the top dropper at Chew when they had a good hatch of "grenadier" buzzers in the warmer months. Seems to be a thing of the past as these large reservoirs mature and more and more nitrates and insectocides are washed in from surrounding farmland poisoning the insect life and creating algae blooms in the summer. No wonder the competition boys fish with blobs and boobies. That being said the quality and size of fish stocked has improved to counteract the predation from Esox and Cormorants.

Thanks tenet,

 

[Toasted heretic]

Nicely done, never noticed before how Frances like the dressing is..