About the Casual Dress Trout Fly

This fly was made up during a bad drought. Our dam was down about ten metres, and had been so for about a year. I had made a casual dress fly with a flash back of pearl, and discovered that when I fished it on or in the bottom weed, I was getting good takes. The problem was that I had run short of Muskrat fur, so decided to use Dassie fur, of which we have a plentiful supply. This animal is the "Rock rabbit" or HYRAX.These animals are pests to farmers! So I tried this new dressing. One day, when nothing else would do, and my fishing pal said he was going to pack up, I tied on a Dassie flashback on the tail, and Walkers' yellow nymph flashback on the bob.It was nearly four o'clock, and within a half an hour, I had eight fish on the bank! I was using a fast sink line, and my companion, using the same fly, and fishing very close to me, didn't get a touch! But he was using a slow sink tip line! When we cleaned the trout, we found them to be full of phantom larvae. So when nothing else is doing, these are the two flies I put on, using the fast sink line.

Expert Tip:

CASUAL DRESS is now called DASSIE FLASHBACK

Creator of this trout fly: Harry Stewart

Tier of this trout fly: Harry Stewart

Country of origin for this trout fly: South Africa

This trout fly is designed to be fished on Dams & Reservoirs, Still Water fish

Dressings

• Hook : 6 - 10
• Thread : Black or grey
• Tail : Muskrat
• Body : Muskrat dubbing
• Hackle : Longer muskrat hair
• Head : Ostrich herl

Long shank