Sunday, January 21, 2024

Durham Ranger

Durham Ranger 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black 

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs

Butt - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with red lamb's wool

Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wings - Two golden pheasant tippet feathers tied together on edge over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

This is a popular steelhead version of an Atlantic salmon fly.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art

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