changing the game on the game changer

changing the game on the game changer

Blane Chockletts Game Changer fly burst onto the scene last year, and then faded into obscurity. ย Maybe its still used in the states a lot, but not here. ย  The main reason for this I suspect is the difficulty in tying.

I, like a lot of other people was told it was tied used Hareline Body Wrap. ย  So I ordered stacks of the stuff and then tried and tried and tried. ย I couldn’t get the bloody thing right. ย It came out looking like a Pinterist fail. ย It also wouldn’t take to a marker, and came apart when tying.

So I went back to the video, and quickly spotted something. ย That wasn’t hardline body wrap. ย It was CCT fur. ย I ordered stacks of that and BAM. ย Its actually pretty easy to tie. ย They don’t look great after a few sessions though, so you have to constantly brush it out.

They do look amazing in the water. ย Better than almost any other fish fly Ive seen. ย It also pushes a lot of water. ย So I wanted to make one for Kob missions. ย To invert it I tied in a section of 50lb mono and used tungsten beads. ย You should see this thing in the water. ย Its almost better on the drop than the pull.

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I tie the back section on a small stainless hook and then cut the shank off. Those are two sets of feathers. ย There are two sections complete in this pic.
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third section before trimming
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rough trim
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wrapping the last tail section before being tied on the main hook
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mono tied in and final wrap

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