Friday, October 10, 2025

Bekeart's Special


Bekeart's Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold  tinsel

Tail - Scarlet kackle fibers 

Butt - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel 

Body - Red silk floss

Shoulder - Peacock herl

Hackle - Red

Wing - Brown speckled turkey with jungle fowl sides

Head - Black ostrich herl

Author's Note

Possibly Philip Bekeart, for whom the fly is named, or perhaps John Benn, 1890's

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey


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