The Banana Fly in TH Style

Banana Fly

My version of Micke Andersson great pattern the Banana Fly is a bit diffrent than the original. It have worked very well for me here in Sweden this summer and i also gonna give it a swimm in River Spey in Mars. I also tie this as a zonker fly that i got a couple of nice Sea trouts on it this autumn. The zonker version i will put up later on this blog.

On the bigger flies for early spring fishing i some times use Eumer Tear Drop tubes in Copper and i also use Marabou Hackle on them to get more movment in the cold water.

Tube: Eumer Fluo Orange

Body: 1/2 Electra Holo Braid Copper, 1/2 A Dubbing mix of yellow and orange

Wing: A bunch of Sunburst Yellow Hair, 2-4 starnds of Gliss'N'Glow Bronze, A bunch of Sunburst Yellow Hair, 4-6 Strands of Mylar Flash Gold, A Bunch of Golden Olive Hair, Some Strands of Gold and Copper Wing N' Flash, Then i Finnish The Wing With 3-5 Sunburst Yellow Peacook Hearls

Hackle: First Hackle: Sunburst Yellow Soft Hackle Tied In After the First Bunch Of Sunburst Hair, Second Hackle: Golden Olive Soft Hackle Tied in As A Collar After The Peacook Hearls, Third Hackle: A Yellow Ring Neck Pheasant.

Sides: J.C (Optional)

Head: Eumer Copper Cone or Monster Cone

So always have a Banana in your fly box because it's a very nice fly to look at and the fish loves them to ;)

Here's a link to Fly Dressings home site for a step by step instuction for this pattern:
http://www.flydressing.se/bindteknikflugmoenster/steg-foer-steg-flugbindning/bananen-tubfluga.aspx