Black Mamba, or Dendroaspis polylepis, the quickest landfly on earth. It's long and slender, usually tied on a 1500x long streamer hook and the body color varies from different shades of olive brown to greyish dun. The name doesn't come from the body color but from the black inside of its mouth. It's got two barbless injection hooks loaded with a both neurotoxic and cardiotoxic venom which makes the fights short. Even though barbless... it's not a good fly to use for C&R. The Black Mamba streamer is actually the originator's fifth try until this fly was optimal. The four before it were Dendroaspis viridis, Dendroaspis augusticeps and two variants of Dendroaspis jamesonii... all four with green bodies. When he was tired of them ending up in trees all the time, he put some extra weight/length to the body and also changed its color. I once was a fanatic in a totally different field... "herpetielogy". I still miss my old slithering flies. ;o) /Nick
-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För Joseph Fusco, Sr. Skickat: den 6 januari 2007 21:26 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: [VFB] Black Mamba Wes - I think the Black Mamba was a forerunner of the Chernoble Ant. Check the following site and note the discussion at the end. www.goulburnvlyflyfishing.com.au/Information/Fly%20Patterns/fly%2029%20chern obyl%20ant.htm -- Joe Fusco, Sr. Member of The Missouri Trout Fishermen's Association and The Virtual Fly Box REMEMBER CANCER IS A WORD NOT A SENTENCE Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
