LAKE OLIVES

A fly dresser could tie boxes and boxes of olives all different sizes and colour combinations and still think of other designs that might work. Over the years I must of tied thousands of lake olives all different in one way or another, some were fantastic flies and others never attracted a single rise, I find that the tone of olive can be the most important factor in these flies along with a little bit of magic in there too. Here are some of my reliable ones that have proven there worth over the last number of seasons. 

Hook: size 12-10 B175 Kamasan 
Thread: Black twist thread 
Tail: Golden pheasant tippets 
Rib: oval gold 
Dubbing: light golden olive blend dubbing brushed out well through the body hackle 
Body Hackle:  light olive hen 
Wing: white deer hair 
Shoulder Hackle: brown partridge 

Hook: size 12-10 B175 Kamasan 
Thread: olive twist thread 
Tag: Glo-brite no 4
Tail: natural pheasant tail 
Rib: gold wire 
Dubbing: dark olive blend dubbing 
Body Hackle: dark olive cock
Wing: strands of hends pearl Krystal flash 
Shoulder Hackle: guinea fowl dyed blue 

Hook: size 12-10 B175 Kamasan 
Thread: Black twist thread 
Tail: glo-brite no 12
Rib: hends green wire 
Dubbing: green spectra dubbing 
Body Hackle: grizzle cock dyed green
Wing:strands of hends pearl Krystal flash and hends olive deer hair 


These olives are well worth tying and fishing, it is important that you brush your bodies and dubbing well before you finish the fly. Also tie them nice and bushy so they will move well through the waves. I hope you enjoy these flies and sign up to follow this blog and see more good flies coming soon.