Stuckie (Clyde style)

Fly: Alan Goodwin, Photograph: Hans Weilenmann

Hook: 16
Thread: primrose
Body: rear third primrose thread, front 2/3 Bronze Peacock herl
Hackle: Starling body feather
Wing: Woodcock paired

Note: Stuckie is an old Scots word for Starling.

On al the Clyde Style flies,lightness is the keyword. hooks are fine wired,bodies generally no longer than half the hook shank,hackles,2 turns & wing slim & tied upright.


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