Silver Dart
Hook – Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Red
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Fluorescent yellow dyed filoplume, hackle fluff or marabou
Butt - Red uni yarn
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Body – Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Black bear or squirrel over pearl krystal flash
Throat - Blue hen hackle fibers
Author's Note
Marc Madore of Blackville, New Brunswick, has created several highly effective artificial flies for catching Salma salar, including the Silver Dart. Primarily used in shallow water, this fly proves more productive if the wing has few hairs and is attached to a long leader with a thin tippet. Preferring to drift as naturally as possible in the current, as if nothing were holding it back, its creator ties it using the Non-Slip Mono Loop knot popularized by Lefty Kreh.
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