Mörrum Black Dog

Mörrum Black Dog

The Black Dog is a fly that i have used many years and it have become a basic pattern in my boxes. I realy like the black body and that the wing with the black, orange and yellow colours. In this version of the the Dog i have change the colours from Hot Orange and Yellow hair to Burnt Orange and Mörrum Orange Fox hair to get a fly that should work well in humus coloured rivers and also as evening fly in clear rivers.

On this Mörrum version i use the Mörrum Brass Tube from Fly Dressing for the body to get the some more weight to the fly but you can use the Deep Water or Mini Pluppis Tube as well.

From left to right: Deep Water Tube, Mörrum Tube and Mini Pluppis Tube from Fly Dressing.

Pattern Recipe:

Body: Mörrum Tube Black with Black or Orange Large and Medium Clear Plastic Tube.

First Hackle: A Black Ring Neck Phesant or Heron tied in before the Wing.

Wing: 2-4 Strands of Olive Mirror Flash, Black Fox Hair, Orange Wing N'Flash, 2 strands of Orange Mirror Flash, Burnt or Dirty Orange Fox Hair, Gold Wing N'Flash, 2 Strands of Holo Gold Flashabou, Mörrum Orange Fox Hair with 4 strands of Gold Flashabou.

Second Hackle: Black Wolly Bugger Marabou or a big Soft Hackle.

Cheeks: JC (optional)

Head: Black or Gold Cone Head.

I have done some Dogs with Black Cone Head and Black Plastic Tube to hold the hook for Cloudy and rainy days and some with Gold Cone Heads and Flou Orange Plastic tube for Sunny days.

This is how I the body on the fly for sunny days looks.