Title: Favorite Flies
Tags: flies, tying, recipes, steelhead
Blog Entry: H OOK : Daiichi 2461 size 1 or 1/0 T AIL : Dark brown or dark olive rabbit strip, tied in as a tail at the shank of the hook and pulled forward over two-thirds of the hook length. B ODY : Remnant of rabbit strip H ACKLE : Copper Hackle Flash wound through the rabbit strip. Olive schlappen or black emu is good as a substitute C OLLAR : Large mallard flank W ING : Abundant copper Flashabou topped with a great deal of holographic green or bullfrog Flashabou. H EAD : Dark olive wool or Australian opossum tied sculpin-head-style. An interesting head can also be made with dark olive Ice Dub tied in as a clump. C OMMENTS : This is my favorite slow-water fly. It is very effective around slow water that contains boulders.
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