Fly Tying Tutorial: An Irish Lough Mayfly with Jackie Mahon and Tom Sullivan

In this video Jackie Mahon ties a CDC Mayfly dry pattern with Tom Sullivan for fishing the Irish Lough Mayfly hatches. While this will perform well on Lough Corrib, Arrow, Mask, Sheelin and Melvin it would also be an excellent option for river mayfly as well. The blended dubbing for the body paired with the bi-color CDC for the wing make it an extremely realistic pattern. When fishing it, Jackie recommends only applying floatant to the top of the fly and the wing. That way it will sit a bit lower in the surface film and be more likely to fool picky fish.

This dry fly pattern is tied on our All Purpose Medium (FM 1550) in size 10, but you can go bigger or smaller depending on your fishery. It incorporates a blend of our new Seal X and Tactical Dry Fly dubbings for the body, Flex Floss for the rib, and CDC for the wing. You can find everything you need to tie this fly here, on our website: https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Product...

00:00 Introduction to the mayfly dry
01:16 Starting the fly
01:47 Tying in the tail
03:12 Tying in the Flex Floss body rib
03:32 Dubbing the body
06:14 Adding a CDC wing
09:21 Using your feather waste for dubbing
09:44 Adding hackle

Jackie Mahon is a full time fly fishing guide on the West Coast of Ireland, with a specific focus on Lough Arrow and Lough Melvin. He is also an exceptional fly tyer, and came on as a Signature Tyer for Fulling Mill last year. You can see all of his patterns here: https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Product...

Tom 'Doc' Sullivan is a fly fishing guide, and the Fulling Mill Sales Agent in Ireland. He primarily guides and fishes on the Lough Corrib system. Tom is an excellent fly tyer, and has been a Signature Tyer with Fulling Mill for many years. You can find his patterns here on our website: https://www.fullingmill.co.uk/Product...

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