Green-Butted Doc Spratley
Notes:
Intended Use: Floating-line, wet fly for summer-run steelhead
A staple Thompson River steelhead pattern.
Green-Butted Doc Spratley |
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| Hook: | Size 4, 6 and 8, Tiemco 7989 or Partridge salmon dry fly |
| Thread: | Black 6/0 |
| Tip, Tag, & Tail: | Fine oval silver tinsel, followed by fluorescent green floss, and a few sprigs of guinea fowl |
| Rib: | Oval silver tinsel |
| Hackle: | Black from second turn of tinsel (max. three turns), one side stripped to maintain sparseness |
| Body: | Black floss |
| Throat: | Guinea fowl |
| Wing: | Strips of ringed-neck pheasant tail |
| Head: | Peacock herl |
Notes: Intended Use: Floating-line, wet fly for summer-run steelhead A staple Thompson River steelhead pattern. |
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