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Nightmare Silver Stoat
Deep-dark sea-trout fly
Sea troutShallow
Darker, longer tandem variant of the Silver Stoat. Tied for full dark on Atlantic sea-trout rivers. The pattern when the standard Stoat has stopped working after midnight.
Fish this when
After midnight on Atlantic sea-trout rivers—Touques, Towy, Spey—when the standard Stoat has died.
Why it works
Longer silhouette reads against the night sky. Tandem hook raises hook-up rates on the slashing takes that come in the second half of dark.
Naturals it imitates
attractor
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Shallow
Mid-depth
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate
Heritage
ModernClassicHeritage
Modern
· Scotland, modern — undocumented variant within the Stoat's Tail family (itself disputed between James Wright and George Cooper)
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