Beauly Snow Fly

[flytie09]

Mr. Hugh Snowie's Beauly Snow Fly (variation).

MATERIALS LIST

HOOK: 1/0 classic salmon hook
THREAD: 8/0 black
BODY: light blue rabbit fur, sparely dressed
RIBBING: flat silver tinsel and gold oval tinsel
HACKLE: black ring neck pheasant rump feather
WINGS: a large bunch of natural peacock herl
HEAD: bright orange dubbing





Gearing up tonight for a trip out West.

ft09

 

[flytie09]

Color variations add some fun to this old pattern.



I'm using a stockpile of loose natural/dyed strung Peacock herl I have laying around.....so the wing is a little messy. It's not so easy aligning 50 perfectly to make a nice curved wing. Maybe a little sparser wing on the next attempts.

The cleaner and more preferred method is to use the herls from the "eye" of the tail feather.

 

[dennyk]

Color variations add some fun to this old pattern.

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That's a great color combination for Fall Coho Salmon in the rivers I fish.

Denny