The Roofie (Modern Take of the Mickey Finn )
Classic Streamer, Streamer
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: Daiichi 2220, Size 4
Thread: 210 Denier Black
Body Parts: rib, body, wing, head, eyes
Materials: Large Silver Oval Tinsel, Large Silver Mylar Tinsel, Yellow – Red – Yellow Fish Skull Faux Bucktail, Black Thread, Fish Skull 3mm Living Eyes – Ice
Notes:
The Mickey Finn is a historic and effective bucktail streamer used by fly anglers for trout, warm-water and saltwater species. The fly is somewhat generic and imitates a wide variety of baitfish. Although most likely originated in the late 19th century by Eastern Canadian anglers, the Mickey Finn pattern once known as the red and yellow bucktail was popularized by angler and author John Alden Knight in 1937.
Joseph D. Bates and John Alden Knight christened the red and yellow bucktail to the Assassin. Later that year it was rechristened by Gregory Clark, noted feature writer and war correspondent that was with the Toronto Star. He called it the Mickey Finn. Mr. Knight in the letter above adds this: “A day or two after I named the fly The Assassin I recollected a story that recently had been published in Esquire Magazine about how Rudolph Valentino had been killed by Mickey Finns administered to him by the resentful waiter of New York and Hollywood and I rechristened the fly the Mickey Finn. All we did up here was to make it respectable and legitimate and to give the nameless fly an honest name.