Roadkill peacock

Teasing rudds, asp or bleaks keeps my fly fish skills sharpened for when I go out for trout in Germany of Ardennes. The facebook page of Flyfishing for coarse fish proved to be another grind stone for this sharpening. A recent post there about the Black & Peacock (with red holo tag) proved very useful yesterday.

After catching a few Rudd on a #24 caenis I changed to the B&P-like fly. It was a #14 hook (off set hook point!), with a roadkill starling hackle, peacock body & a SLF red tag... 

...Nothing happened the first cast, while deeper fish could be seen. So I added some weight on the line (Loon Deep Soft Weight) and stripped the fly a bit quicker....and immediately hooked this nice rudd & a few more.