Jackie's Melvin Daddy Booby

As with the silver bodied version this is the boobyised version of the Melvin Daddy. When the trout are on the daphnia in the deeps, the action of this pattern is sometimes too tempting for them and they will hit it with gusto! This pattern also works really well as the anchor fly when fishing the washing line during a buzzer or olive hatch as it is not as garish as other booby patterns so the fish are as likely to take it as much as the nymphs.

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