Rupert Harvey Flies

Sili ‘Mullet’ Cone

Choose from 2 size options

• MEDIUM (pack of 6) suited  Ahrex curved salt #1 or 2 and the Gamakatsu  SC15 #1/0
• LARGE (pack of 6) suited Ahrex Curved salt #1/0 or the  Gamakatsu SC15 #2/0

Will produce a nice fat round head like a mullet.

From Rupert

‘The secret ingredient to how I tie my silicones.
The process of evolution of how I do these is a long one.
For many years I based them on Bob Popovics silicone flies that had a spun wool head that was trimmed to shape then coated with silicone.  Then in an effort to get them lighter I started working on using a synthetic brush tightly palmered trimmed a coated with silicone thinking the synthetic core would shed the water quicker.

From there I went down the route of what was inserted onto the hook and used to to hold and shape the materials while the silicone dried then removed. Which resulted in an extremely light hollow fly. That worked brilliantly but was prone to splitting ( easy to repair with more silicone though.  This was a time consuming process was able to slip out you ended up with a ruined fly.

Then came these a purpose-built platform to hold the shape of the fly while adding minimal weight and strengthening the silicone, which has been dubbed The Sili “cone”.

Making it easy to get the right profile every time.