RAB

 RAB

This is a very productive dry fly here in our local streams. It was designed by Tony Biggs and you can probably  find it in every fly box in South Africa. It is a wide hackle dry fly with long trailing legs to create the impression of movement. It presents beautifully and if tied correctly settles on the water as light as a feather.

RAB stands for Red Arsed Bastard

Here is a great Step by Step by Tom Sutcliff.

MATERIALS

HOOK: Light wire dry fly hook with a wide gape

THREAD: Red

TAIL: Cock hackle fibres or CDL

BODY: Stripped Peacock quill

HACKLES: Ginger saddle hackle and CDL.

LEGS: Squirrel tail fibres

This wild river Brown loved the RAB