Red-Arsed Olive Hedgehog

[Ruthvenflyfisher]

Hedgehogs are deadly in their own right but this version comes into it's own in the coming weeks. Tie some up and you will not be dissapointed.

HOOK: Kamasan B175 size 10 or 12 or B160 SIZE 8
THREAD: BLACK UNI 8/0
BODY: Electric Red Seals Fur (Butt only) & Hot Olive Seals Fur
WING & HEAD: Roe Deer dyed Hot Olive.


STEP 1

Place hook in vice and run thread down towards bend leaving enough bare hook behind eye to form head.

STEP 2

Take a small bunch of deer hair and tie in to form tail.

STEP 3

Dub the red seals fur onto the thread and make 2-3 turns to form butt.

STEP 4

Tie in a second bunch of deer hair to form start of wing trim waste and use thread to flatten body.

STEP 5

Take olive seals fur dub onto thread and make 2-3 turns over thread to form next section of body.

STEP 6

Tie in a third section of deer hair.

When tying in each section of deer hair pull back hair between your fingers and thumb as above, this helps to tie down the hair.

STEP 7

Dub to form another section of the body then tie in a forth section of the Deer Hair wing.

STEP 8

Take a slightly smaller ammount of deer hair and tie this in to form the first section of the head. Only use 3-4 turns of thread leaving the deer hair more vertical.

STEP 9

Take a final piece of deer hair and lay vertical on top of the bare part of the hook.

STEP 10

With the hair still between your finger and thumb using the pinch and loop method as when forming a muddler head spin this final section to form the head.

STEP 11

Make a few turns of thread in front of the final spun piece of deer hair to push it back slightly.

STEP 12

Finally, using a good pair of scissors trim head to shape to complete the finished fly.

Hope you have as much success with this fly as I have had over the last few seasons.
Gerry

[easky]

nice fly, will try some out

[aidanryb]

looks good, will try and tie one tonight.

[bigrex1]

nice fly mate, where do you get that deer hair? and please no one say from a deer.

[Ruthvenflyfisher]

Bigrex1
Have sent pm regarding deer hair.
Gerry

[bigrex1]

Hi gerry some lovely stuff must get some, will call soon.
BB

[pacres]

Very nice. I tie a few of my own flies with red or orange butts as well. Very effective.

[irishangler]

Nice fly looks like it would work well here in Ireland on the Big Loughs

[The Bear]

irishangler said:

Nice fly looks like it would work well here in Ireland on the Big Loughs

It does mate

[Ruthvenflyfisher]

Many of my customers have had good success on this fly for the last 3-4 seasons on the big Loughs.
Gerry

[Trout]

Thanks for the Step by Step.

How should i fish the fly

[Ruthvenflyfisher]

Top dropper on a floating or slime line. During the retrieve fish will usually take it side on and go over the fly to try and drown it then take it when submerged. Try and resist stricking immediately and do the old silent "god save the queen" routine. Fish it right to the boat when you bring it to the surface hold the rod position and do a sweep left or right deprending on what end of the boat you are in and hold it for as long as possible before re-casting as it is surprising how many people lose fish by lifting and casting to early.
Hope this helps.
Gerry

[tweed]

Gerry, liked your site and materials. Do you plan to have an online shop in the future?

Cheers

Tweed

[Ruthvenflyfisher]

Tweed
I do all the design work myself and to go down the road of having all the items available to buy online I would need to involve a third party which I don't really want to do and with so many individual items available, with the flies it would be over 1500it would be a very expensive project, who knows maybe if I get a bit more time next winter I might look into setting up the shop myself. Most purchases are done by either downloading an order form and posting payment along with the form or emailing the order and paying by paypal or placing the order over the tel and paying by credit/debit card.
Cheers
Gerry