Jocks Dry! Variation on the Candy Floss Booby

There is a whole story wrapped up in this fly, needless to say it found its origins on the day the Kit Kat Cup started. I had taken Jock to Bewl water where we would meet up regularly. I was showing him a new method using a single booby for catching fish in the surface. After impressing Jock with its effectiveness he asked for the fly. I gave him one of my Candy Floss boobies and the rest as they say is history. He has tinkered with the pattern preffering it over the original tying. It has many names now the Mentieth Magnet amongst them. 30 years ago this was a devastating pattern for the Army team and was kept a closely guarded secret. Things eventually leak out though and this fly is now widely known. What might not be so well known is the way the bright body is achieved.

[@johnlindsay3202]

nice tying looks very impressive shall be tying a few thanks again Lindsay

[@lindsayiflyfish]

Good stuff pal always have a few in the box.

[@seanbenstead7650]

Thanks for sharing i will try tying that later , your tutorials really are great go me as being a beginner to fly tying you explain every stage so well many thanks for sharing and keep them coming , I now have a fly box with over 100 home tied flies thanks to your tutorials ,

[@lindsayiflyfish]

Hi Sean, thanks for the feedback, glad they are helpful 👍

[@seanbenstead7650]

@@lindsayiflyfish I'm off to Dever on Monday looking forward to the day

[@allanhughes945]

Like it Lindsay . Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@lindsayiflyfish]

Thanks for watching Allan.

[@noggin08]

I would never have thought that plumbers tape would come into fly tying. Another excellent video Lindsay. Have you ever tied a buzzer using plumbers tape? Just thinking about the body/thorax. Maybe another video in the making and how it works on still waters. Keep up the great work you are doing in your videos.

[@lindsayiflyfish]

It is used a lot on Okey Dokey flies might try it on a few other patterns. Thanks for watching 👍

[@Salmonaddicts]

Great fly 😊

[@lindsayiflyfish]

Deadly 👍

[@Salmonaddicts]

Had some great days using it on mentieth

[@mattbray85]

Tidy looking fly. Any tips on getting marabou tails perfectly in the comp gauge?
I find I'm always trying to fiddle about with the last few millimeters of fibres that are poking out, and then by the time I'm done it's always too short! 😂

[@lindsayiflyfish]

Better short than out 😉

[@mattbray85]

@@lindsayiflyfish fair one!

[@wvlongshooter3912]

Thank you for an awesome tie. I’m using this type of fly on the Stillwater’s here in Wv USA with little success and I can’t figure out why they aren’t producing more eats. I can catch some on them but I seem to catch more on other methods. I use them on d3, intermediate and floating lines. I use them usually with a washing line technique. I’m not giving up, I’ll still try to figure it out. I even bought some of Howard Crostons that he sells. Still, with little success. Is there any basic information I’m missing out on ? Thanks!!!!

[@lindsayiflyfish]

Have a watch of this first. I will do another video when the season starts. czcams.com/video/0XCuYUyj55E/video.htmlsi=SrOP3-yUhW_FSj5l

[@wvlongshooter3912]

@@lindsayiflyfish ok, watching your other videos now. Looking forward to the next ones!! Thanks!!