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Recipe
Hook: TMC 300 #2-6
Thread Fly Master + or Uni 6/0 Olive Dun
Body: Golden Olive Tri-lobal or Estaz
Wing: Marabou – Golden Brown
Throat: Calf/Kip Tail – Orange
Collar: Mallard Flank Dyed Wood Duck
Topping: Peacock Herl
Lead: .035” lead wire
Big fish eat small fish. And, this classic-styled streamer pattern does a good job of imitating our native brook trout which are vulnerable to the larger brown trout that often share the same water.
You can fish this brook trout with a shorter sink-tip (10-12′) or even a floating line. If using the latter, proper mending in the retrieve will allow you to dance and suspend the fly in likely fish-holding water and above structure.
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- Start a thread base behind hook eye and take back to above barb.
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- Cut 3” of lead wire and tie in a hook gape’s distance behind the eye and wrap backwards – cover somewhat with thread wraps.
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- Tie in Tail so it extends ½ of a hook shank’s length. Wrap base of feather over lead to help build up underbody.
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- Tie in Estaz and wind forward stopping just ahead of the lead wire.
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- Tie in a full marabou feather on the top of the hook with the tips extending to the tail.
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- Tie in a clump of Kip/Calf Tail on the underside so the tips extend to approximately the hook barb.
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- Tie a mallard dyed wood duck feather by the tips. “Break” the back fibers on the side of the stem away from you by running the back edge of your scissor edge along the stem.
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- Wrap a collar of the mallard flank feather.
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- Tie in 6 to 8 strands of peacock herl on top of the fly.
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- Build a large, smooth thread head and whip finish. On flies like this, I like to apply two thin coats of Sally Hansen’s clear nail polish to both protect the threads and put a nice finish on the fly.
Looks like a very effective fly, we have tons of little brook trout that the rainbows and larger brookies feed on, I’ll have to try this out.
Sounds good Ben!
Looks very much like the Fatal Attraction pattern
I don’t see a material listed for the tail, I’m guessing barred mariabu? I definitely will tie a buch up! Thanks
Yes Alan, that is correct.
-Paul