Black Pennell

Classic searching wet

Trout · Sea troutSubsurface

Black silk body, silver rib, and a long black hackle — a pattern of supreme economy that catches fish on lochs, rivers and stillwaters across the British Isles.

Fish this when

Spring and autumn on rivers in coloured or slightly rough water. Cast across and allow to swing, or fish it on the point of a loch team.

Why it works

Simple palmered hackle fishes cleanly through the water column. Looks like drowned insects, dark emergers or general edible movement — trout commit when it swings at the right pace.

Naturals it imitates