Wednesday, January 20, 2016

A Salter Fly

I had most of my success during my recent salter brook trout fishing trips using one fly. It's basically a small wooly bugger variant, but it uses a smaller hook than a typical wooly bugger and dubbing in place of chenille.

Hook: Size 14 Streamer
Bead: 1/8"
Thread: Any Color (color is seen only in collar)
Tail: Marabou (Any Color) and Krystal Flash
Body: Hare's Ear Dubbing
Hackle: Grizzly

Salter Fly Tying

Start out by building up thread behind the bead to hold it in place. 

Salter Fly Tying

Tie in marabou in a color of your choosing to form a tail roughly 1 shank in length. Leave the excess marabou alone for now.

Salter Fly Tying

Wrap forward over the marabou up to the bead to form a thickened body, then cut off the remainder of the marabou feather. 

Salter Fly Tying

Return the thread to the tail and tie in a few strands of Krystal flash.

Salter Fly Tying

Tie in a grizzly hackle feather.

Salter Fly Tying

Dub the body with hare's ear. You don't need much - the body is already thick from the marabou. 

Salter Fly Tying

Palmer the hackle forward and tie in behind the bead. Remove the excess hackle.

Salter Fly Tying

Build up a small collar of thread behind the bead, whip-finish, and you're done.  I add a little bit of head cement, but that's optional. 

Salter Fly Tying

2 comments:

  1. You might want to try an Ausable Ugly. It's pretty similar to those. I'm going to whip up a couple of your flies right now...

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  2. Thanks for the tip! The Ausable Ugly looks super buggy - I'll definitely give it a try.

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