Silver Spey |
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Hook: | Partridge Bartleet or equivalent |
Thread: | White |
Tag: | Silver Oval Tinsel |
Rib: | Silver Oval Tinsel |
Body: | Silver Flat Tinsel |
Thorax: | Grey Seal Sub |
Hackle: | Iridescent Pheasant Rump Hackle |
Collar: | Guinea Fowl |
Wing: | Black-Shouldered Peacock wing quill |
Pattern information With its shiny, translucent body and low-set, mottled wing, this Spey fly is a dead ringer for a salmonid fry of various kinds. In Summer, you will find Atlantic Salmon (and Steelhead) busting juvenile baitfish for various reasons. This fly works very well under these conditions. I do not recall ever catching a fish on this fly under any conditions other than sunny skies. It is so brilliant that you stand a chance of frightening fish if you fish it in the shade or on cloudy/overcast days. I suppose that a Jungle Cock eye would complete the baitfish look, but it works just fine without them, so I'll save them for the display flies. |
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