Description

The Elk & Foam Stimulator is a favourite pattern of mine for fishing pocket water as a general searching pattern and for fishing meadow streams later in summer when the hoppers are well and truly hitting the water. The combination of cow elk hair and a hook shank wrapped with foam gives this fly that little extra buoyancy to keep you fishing it longer without drying or additional treatment. The shank is wrapped with a fine strip of 1mm foam in place of using dubbing and because of this, the added width of the body requires a smaller hackle feather to match up to the hook size. This ensures maximum buoyancy whilst still keeping the hook point clear of stiff hackle that could impede the hook set. .Tied on Firehole 718 Barbless hooks, these are not only sharp, but they a tough and ready to hold your fish until you get it to the net, with the wide gape aiding in hookup rates around the palmered body hackle.

Now sold as single units per hook size. Buy as few or as many as you like!

Of course, if you want to tie this pattern yourself, Troutlore offers a complete materials kit for this pattern. You can find the ‘TieYourOwn’ kit for Elk & Foam Stimulator here.

All flies sold at Troutlore are tied by hand in Australia by Rob from Troutlore, or designated tyers for specific patterns who are noted in the descriptions. The Elk & Foam Stimlulator pattern is tied on quality Firehole 718 wide gape hooks and using the best materials, this is a great addition to any fly box for all times of the the stream and lake season.

Sizes showing as “In Stock” represent flies that are ready to ship immediately. Any sizes showing as “Available to Backorder” will be tied after completed payment of order. This usually requires a 5-7 day turnaround depending on the current tying queue. Your complete order will be shipped as one after all flies have been tied. We will contact you is further unforeseen delays arise with a fly order.

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