Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Father Charles

Father Charles

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Chartreuse

Body - Gold Bill's body braid

Throat - White calf or bucktail

Under wing - Yellow/Chartreuse calf or bucktail

Over wing - Fluorescent Red/Red calf or bucktail

Author's Note

This fly is great for Coho in the salt when they are staging in estuaries for their journey upstream. Use a slow-paced retrieve to probe the depths with a few quick pulls to imitate a darting motion. Also a good sea-run cutthroat fly.

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Faulk


Faulk

Hook - Single salnon

Thread - Red

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Bbody - Orange dubbing

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - White bucktail

Fish Flies Volume Two - Terry Hellekson