South Branch Creek Chub

Michael McAuliffe posted this interesting fly that was designed by Bob Jacklin. Bob is one of the greats in our sport. He owns Jacklin’s Fly Shop located in West Yellowstone Montana. I met Bob a few years ago at the Michigan Fly Fishing Expo and he is a super nice guy as well!
You will notice the mention of a Monga Tail. From what I can gather, this is also called a Ringtail Cat. Their tail is bushy and they belong to the raccoon family. Actually, I believe you could easily substitute raccoon tail for the wing. It’s just slightly tanner than the Monga Tail.
-Paul

Here is what Michael had to say in his post.
“Tied up some South Branch Creek Chubs. This is one of Bob Jacklin’s patterns and was developed to fish a few miles from my house. I tied it with Monga Tail and photocopied instructions I got from Bob last year. I did not apply the wax to the wing, used some Loon UV, and tied it with a little bit of a salty flair. These are super fun to tie and fish…”

Materials list:

Hook: Partridge D4AF 4x Streamer #10
Thread: 6/0 Black pre-waxed.
Body: Gold mylar tinsel.
Wing: Black and White Monga Ringtail hair and barred teal flank feather.
Head: Two Jungle Cock eye; black 6/0 thread.