FLY
North Country Spiders
Poult Bloa
Tied by Christian Andrews
Poult Bloa recipe
| Hook | #14 - 15 |
|---|---|
| Thread | yellow or primrose silk |
| Body | very light dubbing of dun hair (optional) over silk thread |
| Hackle | grouse poult inner wing |
About this fly
The T. E. Pritt dressing for his #37 Poult Bloa calls for yellow silk and a feather from the inner wing of a grouse poult. Here is added a very light dubbing of mole per common variants. The hackle here is hen poult in pale morning dun.
What the Poult Bloa imitates
- Mayfly dun (adult dry)
Where the Poult Bloa came from
- Described by T.E. Pritt, 1885, Yorkshire. Hackle from under a young grouse wing, light yellow silk; earliest vault record.Source: Pritt, Yorkshire Trout Flies (1885), pp.33-34 Nos.37-38 'Poult Bloa, or Light Bloa'
- Described by Edmonds & Lee, 1916, North Country England. Mid-May to mid-July.Source: Edmonds & Lee, Brook and River Trouting, Table I No.18
- Originated by unknown, Yorkshire. Traditional North Country spider; no inventor.Source: Pritt, Yorkshire Trout Flies (1885), pp.33-34 Nos.37-38
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Edmonds & Lee, Brook and River Trouting (1916), Plate p42, No. 18. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
