Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Golden Olive shellback
Medium Olive body
Hot Orange hotspot
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
I made this pattern my number one,and for a good reason: it produces results. It is my first choice when I decide to go CZ nymphing, and it has shown excellent results again and again both for me and my friends.
No 2: Golden Olive with Orange Heart
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Golden Olive shellback
Golden Olive body
Hot Orange hotspot
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
A slight variation to #1. Sometimes it makes sense to go a shade lighter to adjust to coloring of the local caddis population.
No 3: Brown Olive with Orange Heart
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Golden Olive shellback
Brown Olive body
Hot Orange hotspot
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
Again, a slight variation to #1. Just as there are reasons to go a shade lighter there can be reasons to go a shade darker.
No 4: Medium Olive Natural
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Golden Olive shellback
Medium Olive body
no hotspot
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
Yet again a slight variation to #1. Under most conditions fish respond positively to the orange hotspot. But, moody and unpredictable creatures as they are, there are times when the orange color scares them. This variation solves the problem.
No 5: Medium Olive with Sparkle Braid back
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Pearl Braid Flashy shellback
Medium Olive body
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
A more aggressive variation on the Medium Olive theme. The pearl flashy braid draws attention (maybe too much). This fly is best saved for difficult situations in colored water, for it is likely to scare fish under normal circumstances.
No 6: Tan with Claret Heart
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Honey colored shellback
Medium Olive body
Hot Orange hotspot
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
For those situations where local caddis population calls for a tan version of CZ nymph. I found out that a pink/claret hotspot works better than red when combined with a brownish body.
No 7: Dark Olive with Claret Heart
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Golden Olive shellback
Brown Olive body
Light Claret hotspot
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
I confess I have not yet tried this particular color combination, but I have great expectations for it for the next season. The orange/red color for hotspot is becoming a bit too popular, and this one just might give me the edge over my fellow fishermen.
No 8: A Scud
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Honey colored shellback
Spiky natural hare dubbing
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
Everywhere the scuds are present this sort of fly will score.
No 9: Orange
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Honey colored shellback
Orange colored dubbing
natural Hare front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
When the trout are feeling sluggish and uncooperative it pays to shock them into action by an unfamiliar color combination. Orange body works, especially towards the end of the season.
No 10: Pink
Skalka Gammarus hook #8
UNI thread 6/0 Tan
layer of flat lead
Shiny Pink shellback
Pink colored dubbing Claret rabbit front part
0.16mm spinning mono rib
a touch of black CD marker pen
Another pattern designed to shock and awe lethargic fish into some action. This popular pattern, because of its prominent pink color, has many names in the Czech fly fishers vocabulary that - if translated into English - would prove rather offensive to our gay friends.
In smaller sizes - say 12 or 14 - it is very effective fly for winter grayling fishing.
