This fly tying video is brought to you by Flymen Fishing Company. Brian Wise is tying on the video.
“The Faux Bucktail Flatwing updates an old-school pattern with new-school materials. Replacing bucktail with Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail, adding a mixture of synthetic flash in different textures and colors, and topping it all off with a Fish-Mask brings the Flatwing into the 21st century.”
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Recipe:
Hook: Kona Xtra Strong Stinger (XSS), size 1/0
Tail: Fish-Skull Faux Bucktail
Tail: Saddle Hackle
Body: Flat Braid
Bottom: Faux Bucktail
Wing 1: Faux Bucktail
Wing 2: Ice Wing Fiber
Wing 3: Ripple Ice Fiber
Lateral Line: Dry Fly Hackle
Wing 4: Ice Wing Fiber
Wing (main): Peacock Herl
Head: Fish-Skull Fish Mask
Eyes: Surface Seducer Dragon Eyes