Chappie

Chappie

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tail - Grizzly hackle tips tiedon edge in a V with concave sides out

Body - Dubbed with orange lamb's wool

Wings - Grizzly neck hackle tied on edge in a V over the body with concave sides out

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

C. L. Franklin of Los Angeles, California, originated this pattern about 1945. During the later 1940s and early 1950s there were a number of articles written about this fly, suggesting it was an international predator of fish. Those articles that touted it as a "real killer" on the Klamath River for steelhead and salmon were overstated. At best, this fly never achieved any acceptance other than as a mediocre summer-run fly when tied in a size 8. It is a good crappie and bass fly and it probably should be treated as such.

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