Tying the Deer Hair Blob with Davie McPhail

[numberboyowns]

can you use deer hair for the yellow end part of the fly?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi numberboyowns,

You really need the blob fritz to get the translucent effect but I'm sure if you just use deer hair it would still catch fish..

All the best Davie

[zachthefisherman]

Davie,

Would this fly work for tailing carp in shallow water riffles during spawing... Like to replicate a mullberry or bug?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi zachthefisherman,

It would be certainly worth trying as it does give a great impression of an egg.Let me know how you get on if you give it a go..ATB Davie

[jimthetelemech1977]

One of the theories I've heard of how the Blob's work is that, the trout mistake the blob for a large group of Daphnia and that is probably why when the trout takes it you usually always find it at the back of the trout's throat.

[NCYWG]

Absolute killer for stillwater carp, especially where bank anglers have been chumming with minced maize or whole kernel corn!

I've tied up a few without deer hair and with some lead wrapping on the shank to enable faster sinking for deeper water.

[tjmfishing]

Is this a spring fly and is it also reffered to as a porcupine fly?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi tjmfishing,

I've never heard it called a porcupine fly before but it would be an ideal name for it..This fly is fished in the lochs and lakes here in the U.K for rainbow trout mostly all through the season. I'm always amazed how it takes fish in all conditions..

All the best Davie

[tjmfishing]

@DavieMcPhail Thanks, I know that a good friend caught a large speckled trout in the middle of the summer. They were amazed when he said that he caught it on a "porcupine fly" which was described to me as a yellow and red mess. Thanks Davie

[bestcarbonparts]

are you a member of any of the forums like flytyingforum

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi bestcarbonparts,

I am a member of a couple but to be honest I find it hard to get the time to go on them as I get lots of questions here on youtube which I don't. mind..

All the best Davie

[Sasquatch7foot]

Thank-you for such an awesome tying video!!! Your the best!!! Happy Holidays from the USA

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Sasquatch7foot,

Thankyou..and you too have a wonderful time this Christmas and all the best from Scotland...

Davie

[fluguhnytarinn]

hi Davie yet another amazing fly

but i was wondering if there are other color combinations

happy fishing 

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi fluguhnytarinn,

The main colour from the back of the fly are chartreuse-flo-orange, pink-orange, light coral-coral, flo-yellow-Sunburst, chartreuse-black and this is just to get you started...

All the best Davie

[fluguhnytarinn]

thank you

[fluguhnytarinn]

thank you

[bigsinky1]

I have passed your utube address onto my fellow fishermen ,your system of tying  is excellent regards from isle of lewis

[LordDigz12]

Lots of UK flies will never make sense to me. Im guessing some are specialized for what we call "truck trout." lol

[AZderrickh]

nice siccorss

[WEESTRAWZ]

Hi Davie,

stunning fly!

When i was at the G.A.C on sunday, you had tied a blob. It was a black one and one of the other guys said he had his biggest brownie on it. Can you tell me the name of this blob, please.

I wish you many TightLines for this season,

~David

[shannonlab]

Dave,

What hooks do you like for your blobs?

Cheers,

Bryan

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi Bryan,

I mostly use a Kamazan B175 but the one I used on the video was a Carp hook size 6 which a friend wanted. Other hooks I have tyed the blob on are B270 size 12 and B160 size 8.

All the best Davie

[shannonlab]

@DavieMcPhail OK, thanks, DAve.

Cheers,

Bryan

Portland, Oregon

USA

[KENNYFLY1]

Hi Davie where do you get you dyed deer hair cheers KENNYFLY1

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi KENNYFLY1,

I've bought most of my deer hair from the Glasgow Angling Centre but to be honest sometimes you have to dye your own to get the brighter colours...

All the best Davie

[deadmanis89]

deer hair egg fly ......lol nice tho

[mcqueen121]

Blob of the year mate,

[rgers123]

does the deer hair cos the fly to float

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi rgers123,

Yes, the deer hair is to help keep the blob near the surface and as well add a bit more colour..

All the best Davie

[astondriver]

Hey flytyer232

I fish a blob on the point with buzzers here in NZ for wild lake rainbows and it is very effective in the summer over weedbeds. I also fish a dark coloured one stripped like a streamer and it's also effective on lake browns here.

[wiiwillie]

Great fly Davie,

I have tied some similar to this with colored deer hair. I have caught many varieties of pan fish with it. I am excited to give it whirl with Steelhead this autumn, as an egg offering. Thank you Davie. Keep them coming, I'm sure I speak for many when I say, "my tying has improved since your posts".

Regards,

Bill

[ColinK1970]

Very nice Davie ,my mate used that pattern to great effect on Lough Lene last year .

[DoubleHaulCharters]

Wild looking fly! Don't think I've seen fritz that big over here.

Do the trout take it as an egg?

[DavieMcPhail]

Hi DoubleHaulCharters,

The fish take this fly in all ways and like you said even as an egg.The first time I saw the blob being fished it was being pulled very fast on a sinking line on Lake of Menteith here in Scotland the fish just kept coming taking the fly like it was the best thing since sliced bread...

It is fished in many other ways too with great success..

All the best Davie

[flytyer232]

Davie,

Thanks for another great fly, i cann't see that fly catching wild trout in the U.S. (unless they thought it was an egg), but i have cought stocked trout on a fly just like that, and i beat it would catch Panfish too.

Thanks