Sea Trout Fly: Red Stick

HT's FLY PATTERNS


Red Stick	Materials
	Hook: Wet Fly, down-eyed Size #10-14 Long shank Silk/Thread: Primrose silk Body: 3 herls from cock pheasant centre tail feather Tag: Fluorescent orange floss Hackle: Red or Coch y bondhu cock hackle

Red Stick

Materials

Hook:

Wet Fly, down-eyed
Size #10-14 Long shank

Silk/Thread:

Primrose silk

Body:

3 herls from cock pheasant
centre tail feather

Tag:

Fluorescent orange floss

Hackle:

Red or Coch y bondhu cock hackle

Tying Method

Whip silk down shank of hook toward bend, starting at 1/8 distance from eye.
Tie in orange floss silk. Wind thread forward and follow with floss to make tag.
Tie in three pheasant herls. Twist herls and silk together to make a rope. Wind around shank to make a thin even body.
Tie in cock hackle 1/8 behind eye. Make 2-3 turns. Keep sparse!
Tie off, make small yellow head with whip finish behind eye. Clear varnish.