Description:
The Blae and Black is a very old pattern and a fantastic one, in my research of this fly I have not found a date, most books suggest it’s a fly of Scottish origin and some tell me it is linked to another truly great old fly the Black Pennell, if this is true and it seems likely as its almost the same as the Pennell but with a blae wing, it makes the fly Edwardian and most likely devised by an English man, Mr H. Cholmondely Pennell, who was a well to do angler that spent much of his life fishing in northern Europe and wintering on the French Riviera ( Lucky man ). The Blae and Black is a very good choice early in the season if lough fishing at duck fly time, I will sometimes dress it with jungle cock cheeks for this type of fishing and fish it on the middle or top dropper, the trout most likely take it for an emerging fly . It is not only a lough fly and will also work well on the river and when dressed in its larger sizes it has often worked for salmon, dollaghan and sea trout, so it’s a truly versatile and extremely useful pattern
