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Hebridean deer-hair dry

Trout · Sea troutSurface

A Hebridean deer-hair dry that rides high in the roughest wave and creates surface disturbance that sea trout find irresistible from considerable distance.

Fish this when

Summer on the Hebridean sea-trout lochs in a good wave. On the bob dropper of a drifting cast, worked hard through the wave and dibbled at the end.

Why it works

Deer hair creates a robust, buoyant pattern that holds in breaking wave crests. The disturbance and silhouette trigger aggressive surface takes from hunting sea trout.

Naturals it imitates