Thursday, September 18, 2025

Scarlet Monarch

Scarlet Monarch

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Yellow ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Red floss

Throat hackle - Yellow

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over 2 strands of yellow floss

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Fulsher & Krom

Scarlet Monarch

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tag - Short strand of red floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Red floss

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

Wing - Yellow bucktail tied low over the body, with an overwing of gray squirrel tail

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

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