| Ogmore
Originated
by:
George C. Bainbridge 1816
Inventor of the Hackle-pliers and the Whip-finish-knot
as mentioned in his book "The Flyfishing
Guide (1816), Bainbridge named this fly after
the famous Ogmore River. A well accepted fly in
many northern Welsh salmon rivers, it spread throughout
the British Isles. Other flies include:
The Spring Fly and Summer Fly, both a simple strip
feather wing. The Wasp and Quaker also simple
strip feather wing originated in Wales and rapidly
spread to England and Scotland. These are all
well noted for Salmon, Trout and Sea-trout.
The Ogmore is a "Whole Feather Wing"
pattern.
TYING
INSTRUCTION
Tag
4 - 5 turns of silver wire and pail yellow floss
Tail
A few strips from the eye of the peacock's tail
Butt
3 turns of orange ostrich herl
Body The rear section
seals fur dyed claret, the front section mixed
with a little royal blue.
Hackle A bright
yellow hackle palmered over the body
Throat The beautiful green feather,
which forms the eye of the peacock's tail, should
be fastened at the head, and left hanging downwards,
so as to cover the body and protude past the hook
point.
Wing A blood
red feather from the golden pheasant back on either
side. A Gallina tied on either side but shorter
the the back feather. A cheek of blue chatter.
Earley's
Fancy (No 1)
Hook
No.10 or 11 (Salmon size). Brown silk. Tail Toppings.
Rib Gold twist. Body Rusty red-brown fur. Hackle
Same colour (or lighter) than body. Wing Cock
Pheasant. Location Rivers Ogmore & Ewenny.
Conditions Fairly low water. Time Day or evening.
Method Wet fly downriver.
Earley's
Fancy (No 2)
Hook
10 or 11. (Two sizes smaller than for number 1).
Brown tying silk. Tail A few springs of tippets.
Rib Gold tinsel. Body Dark claret fur. Hackle
Coch-a-bon-ddu stained claret. Wing Cock pheasant.
Francis
Francis in his 'A Book on Angling', published
in 1880, notes four popular 'sewin flies' which
he received from 'a Mr Beningt on' who was a respected
angler on the rivers Ogmore and Ewenny. Those
rivers then enjoyed the reputation of being excellent
sewin rivers; some anglers even considering them
to be the best in Wales. George Agar Hansard who,
in 1835, listed some of the catches made on the
Ogmore was one who maintained that it was without
equal as a sewin river. Ominously though, there
were already some problems in respect of pollution.
These two Earley's Fancy flies were used for sewin
in low and high water and were useful as salmon
flies as well.
Taken
from Fly Patterns for the Rivers & Lakes of
Wales by Moc Morgan
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