Black Spey |
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| Hook: | Size 6 and 4, Partridge Wilson salmon dry fly |
| Thread: | Black 6/0 |
| Tip, Tag, & Tail: | Fine oval gold tinsel, followed by black floss and a small red/orange feather |
| Rib: | Oval gold tinsel |
| Hackle: | Black heron or substitute from second turn of tinsel, one side stripped to maintain sparseness |
| Body: | Black floss |
| Throat: | Teal flank |
| Wing: | Bronze mallard |
Notes: Intended Use: Floating-line, wet fly for summer-run steelhead Coming off my fly tying vice in 1988, this pattern owes its origins to the Black Spey pattern listed in Arthur Knox’s book Autumns on the Spey (1872). It is one of my favourite floating-line flies for Thompson River summer-run steelhead. |
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