The step by step tutorial about the PINK FLUFFY is destroyed. It don’t know why, but it was not shown right on the blog. So I did it again and I gave the fly a new name, because I didn’t like Pink Fluffy anymore.

So I called the fly „DETLEF“ – also known as the fly formerly known as PINK FLUFFY. Why? Don’t know , it just fits.

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You can fish for sea trout even in the winter time. It’s a very hard kind of fishing with temperatures sometimes under 0°C, but there is a chance to catch an awesome „Silberbarren“. It’s common knowledge, that sea trouts like the color pink, especially in the cold season. It’s also common knowledge, that sometimes, the sea trouts like a very slow retrieve. For that situations, the DETLEF is a really good choise. The soft materials move very nice in the water, even if you strip the fly in very slowly. On the other hand, it’s not very complicated to tie and when you use other colors like beige, tan and brown, you got a very nice shrimp pattern for the rest of the year.

One very important point: Don’t use too much material! Less is more!

Materials used for this fly:

• Hook: Gamakatsu F314 # 6
• Weight: Lead Wire fine
• Dubbing: Ice Dub Pearl, SLF Saltwater Dubbing Pink and SLF Saltwater Dubbing White/ Pearl
• Front: Mallard, Pink Hackle Fibres
• Antennas: Fluoro Fibre Pink
• Eyes: Selfmade Shrimp Eyes
• Horn: Polar Dub White Transparent
• Loop-Hackle: White CDC and Pink Hackle
• Back: Mallard
• Thread: Veevus GSP 50D White

Do a little drop of superglue on the shank and wind on some fine lead wire.

Form a little dubbing ball with the ice dub at the end and tie in some fibres of Mallard.

Take a bit of pink SLF and tie it in.

Take some long soft fibres from a pink hackle and tie them in as shown. Add some strands of pink Fluoro Fibre antennas.

Dub a little ball with Ice Dub and tie in the shrimp eyes. The dubbing ball will seperate the eyes in a nice way.

Take some Polar Dub in white and tie it in as a horn.

Form a thread loop and then dub the body with the SLF.

Put a big white CDC feather on the Petitjean Magic Tool and push it in by using a pink hackle.

Grab the fibres with the clamp of the Magic Tool and and cut off the stems. Then put the fibres in the waxed thread loop and twist the loop.

Wind the hackle fibres-CDC-Mix around the body and catch it with your thread.

Some fibres from a Mallard feather will be used for the back of the fly. So, the fly swims in the right position and the black/white gives a great extra contrast. Do one or two whip finish and use some varnish to secure the knot. That’s it! Detlef is ready!