| Hook: | (T) 7999 |
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| Size: | 2/0-8 | |
| Thread: | Red 6/0 | |
| Tail: | Peacock Swords | |
| Tag: | Fine Gold Tinsel | |
| Body: | Blue Floss & Peacock Herl | |
| Rib: | Fine Gold Tinsel | |
| Wing: | Gray Fox Guard Hairs | |
| Hackle: | Grizzly Hen | |
| Cheeks: | Jungle Cock (Optional) |
Notes on tying:
1. Tie in and wrap tag with gold tinsel (4 wraps).
2. Tie in 4 peacock sword fibers.
3. Tie in blue floss and fine gold tinsel.
4. Wrap blue floss on lower 1/2 body.
5. Wrap 4 strands of peacock herl on upper 1/2 body.
6. Wrap fine gold tinsel 5 times for a rib up to the eye.
7. Tie in long guard hairs from the back of a gray fox for the
wing.
8. Wrap collar of a soft grizzly hen feather and sweep it back.
9. Finish head and tie off.
This is a classic hairwing salmon fly. Fish this fly down and across near the bottom.
Vernon D. Lunde 311 Nesheim Trail Bx 14 Mt Horeb, WI 53572