Tube fly
Bodach
Asturian salmon tube
SalmonMid-depth
An Asturian salmon tube fly — the name borrowed from the Gaelic word for 'old man', applied to a pattern that has become a local classic on the Sella and Narcea. Dark-dressed, swum slowly in the clear, fast Cantabrian spate rivers.
Fish this when
Spring and early summer on the Asturian salmon rivers when fish are fresh-run and water is at a fishable height. A slower-water pool choice.
Why it works
The dark dressing works in the tea-stained Cantabrian rivers. Slow pools with gin-clear water suit a smaller, darker tube swum deliberately.
Naturals it imitates
general attractor — salmon fly
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface & waking
Shallow
Mid-depth
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate
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