Saturday, May 11, 2024

Jean Bucktail

Jean Bucktail

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Orange hackle barbs

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Dyed gray bucktail tied over the body, with over wings of orange bucktail, then dyed gray bucktail. Each of the three wing portions should be equal

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

This pattern probably originated in British Columbia, in the mid-1940s

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

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