However you'd not be thinking like a fly fisher and flytyer!
The original Gorgeous George Irish trout fly, devised by Paul Cantillon of Cork is a fantastic trout catcher of great repute!!
There are so many variants of this modern classic pattern that it's difficult to actually determine which dressing is the true original.
However I'm led to believe the true dressing is the one described in Patsy Deery's excellent Irish Mayfly book.
Whilst the Gorgeous George is featured in Deery's book it is not strictly a mayfly pattern as it covers so many bases.
The George has every trigger point imanigable that you would wish to have in a general purpose trout fly it can be fished wet or dry but I love to pull it as a wet!
Not only is it a very successful fly on the Irish Loughs it can used to great effect here in Scotland too!
I believe it is the profile and trailing legs that make it so attractive to trout but colour too can be decisive depending on what the weather is doing above the Loch.
Therefore its wise to have a few different variations to suit what ever the weather conditions are like on any given day!
It's also a very satisfying fly pattern to tie. Over the last few days I've been experimenting in tying a few variants to cover all bases. Hope you like them and feel inspired to tie some for your box!
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