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Frances Conehead/ aluminium tube 10 millimetres – Another phenomenal version of the Frances fly – Tied on a diminutive aluminium tube – Fitted with a micro brass conehead. One of the best version of this micro conehead Frances fly.
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10 millimetre long.
We’re a specialist company and we will go to great lengths to produce the flies exactly how we want them. This micro conehead version of the Frances tube fly is no exception and we know that once you have started fishing with this pattern you will find that it catches fish better than most flies you have… All the right things come together in this well-balanced fly.
If you haven’t figured it out by now – then here is a clue: there is a healthy reason to why we are called Fishmadman, so we might as well tell you some more crazy stuff about details.
Some years back we found out that the small spiky hair on the paws from the Tanuki fox (also known as; Japanese raccoon dog) was an outstanding material for the Frances flies in the small versions we do. We bought 100´s of paws and dyed them in the orange and brown colors we use for our scrimp flies.
We exclusively use hair from Indian wild boar or Calcutta boar as it also is called. These hairs are somewhat thinner than the run-of-the-mill boar hair found on other Frances flies. This fine material has great abilities on salmon and steelhead flies.
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The Frances fly was originally devised by the late UK fly tier Mr. Peter Dean This was in 1968 The fly was a special commission job for his client Mr. David Blythe who were about to embark on a journey to fish various salmon rivers on Iceland – The fly was a great success and this odd shrimp pattern has ever sins been a favoured fly on Iceland and at many other rivers in Europa.
We predict that this fantastic pattern with time also will become a favoured pattern with steelhead anglers on the West Coast of North America…
Right; An original Frances fly by the 
fly tiers that worked with Peter Dean – Or actually; it is the next generation of the Frances fly called; the Black Eyed Prawn – or The BEP. The BEP is almost identical to the Frances Fly – except for the two black beads attached to the top of the fly.
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See astonishing images of the food salmon find at high sea`s
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Our small Frances Conehead flies (8 and 10 millimetres big) are tied on aluminium tube giving them just the right density. Small horns from Chinese boar and a skirt made out of hair from the Tanuki fox makes this fly very attractive – The Frances fly family is probably one of the most versatile selections of flies available. Tiny miniature crustation like creatures like our Micro Frances series too heavy versions tied on a tube – all designed to be fished in a special way.
For many years I have enjoyed fishing with the tiny conehead versions we do at Fishmadman. Like other Frances flies I like to fish them drifting towards the fish, a technique you can use on many different flies but a technique that is especially productive with these weighted micro conehead flies.
To show you how I do I have made some crude sketches to give you a rough idea
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