Saturday, October 4, 2025

Bobby Dunn

Bobbie Dunn

Tail - Red calf tail

Body - Copper wire

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

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of red bucktail, then a sparse bunch of dark brown bucktail

Author's Note

Peter J. Schwab originated this and similar patterns between the mid-1920s and mid-1940s 1940s while he was residing in Yreka, California. He named this pattern after Robert F. "Bobbie" Dunn of Stockton, California. The wings should be cocked upward 40-50°.

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

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