Monday, August 26, 2024

Preacher

Preacher

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10

Thread - Black

Tip - Fluorescent orange floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Butt - Fluorescent red floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Petite

Petite 

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Sparse teal blue hackle barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - Yellow over red over yellow bucktail. The wing should be kept very, very sparse

Raymond Pelletier of Matane, Quebec, originated this pattern in 1974

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