DDSFS -- Opie's Trout Seducer Pattern--

This fly has worked like a charm on at least three outings this summer, and
it has not failed to attract a trout yet either!

The basic pattern goes like this:

Hook -- size 16 thru 64 :~^ ) light dry fly
Tail -- either two muskrat guard hairs or *two moose body hairs* (*used
for this swap*)
Tag -- a bit of CDC between the tail hairs, natural or olive in color
Body -- turkey biot, peacock herl or stripped small feather quill (any
variation on the theme will work, as long as it is very light
and dainty)
Wing -- wood duck or mallard flank, natural or gold in color
Case
Hackle -- size 16 dun and grizzly or grizzly and brown or dun and brown
(just about any color combination that you prefer) I used
whatever I had available in the 16 range; so, practically no two flyz that
I tied have the same hackle collar. It's also very likely that I crowded
the eye of the hook, as I
can't seem to get that part of the tying right :~^ (

I start the tie by coating the hook with a bit of Hard as Nails polish. I
then tie in the tail hairs. I leave the tail hairs long--for this fly
anyway--about an inch or inch and one-half in length and I tie the hairs all
the way up the hook, for flotation, to about 3/16ths behind the eye. I then
tie in the CDC between the tail hairs at the bend in the hook. I don't
leave much hanging, maybe enough to cover your pinky finger nail, but I
continue up the hook with the CDC, again for flotation, tying it off at the
same point as the tail hairs. Next I tie on my body material, beginning at
the back of the hook, just in front of the CDC. Once the body material is
secured, I tie in the wing case. I pull the feather fibers back at the tip
of the feather, then draw it up until the tip is just over top of the CDC.
I then clip the tip off, leaving a straight edge just in front of the CDC.
I then coat the wing case with Dave's Flexament or Hard as Nails to stiffen
the wing case. It looks like a Delta wing over the body, when finished (if
I didn't screw it up and over glue it?). Lastly, I tie in my two hackle
collar feathers.

Op

Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:

This fly has worked like a charm on at least three outings this summer, and
it has not failed to attract a trout yet either!

The basic pattern goes like this:

Intriguing, and I have all the materials already. More visually
oriented these days, I hope to see a pic somewhere soon.....

- JR

"JR" wrote in message ...
Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:

This fly has worked like a charm on at least three outings this summer,
and it has not failed to attract a trout yet either!

The basic pattern goes like this:

Intriguing, and I have all the materials already. More visually
oriented these days, I hope to see a pic somewhere soon.....

- JR


I just sent one to Sandy P., but it's not a very good pic. I don't have a
decent camera and can't get up close pics.

Op

J just sent one to Sandy P., but it's not a very good pic. I don't
have a
decent camera and can't get up close pics.

Op
I can just immagine the pictures I will get when I google stimulator.

Big Dale