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Fly-Tying  THE WARREN ZEVON (Named for the great American Singer songwriter who never achieved the fame he deserved during his lifetime.) The 'Warren Zevon', is a fairly basic damsel nymph which, nonetheless, has been extremely successful with the White Swan Fly-fishers since its inception. Currently (October 2008) it has taken 159+ fish. Ribbing the fly has been proved to actually reduce takes so don't bother with it. Fish it with a slow, jerky retrieve. We've found it to be as good or better than other damsel nymph imitations - try it yourself and let us know how you fare! Hook :- Size 12 Lureflash VP200, Kamasan B175 Thread :- Olive Tail :- Olive Marabou Body :- Olive Marabou Eyes :- 2mm silver Beadchain (no bigger). Tied on top of the hookshank. Thorax Cover :- Green Pearl Shellback (Lureflash) Thorax :- Flou Green Antron Wool (Lureflash) Weight can be added if necessary but unweighted versions have proved to be be the most successful. If you decide to tie this pattern and you catch fish. Please can you let us know. Who knows you may catch the 200th fish! Total known number of fish caught on a 'Warren Zevon' 162 Flyfishing and Fly-tying Magazine Diawa Fly-tying league 2005/2006 118th Dave Sneath 135th Jim Lucas Veniards Fly-tying league 2006/2007 62nd Jim Lucas 67th Dave Sneath 83rd Richie Pearce Glasgow Angling Fly-tying league 2007/2008 63rd Dave Sneath 73rd Jim Lucas |
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