Bead Head Sparrow Variant
Wet Fly
Tied By Christian Andrews
Hook: #10 – 14 1x or 2x long, wet
Thread: black
Body Parts: bead, tail, body, hackle, collar
Materials: brass or copper tungsten, golden pheasant hackle fibers, natural brown (rabbit) dubbing, golden pheasant, gray filoplume
Notes:
A fly from Pattie Hayes of the Missouri Trout Fishermen’s Association – Springfield
Thread a brass or copper tungsten bead onto a #10 – 14 hook
Lay down a black thread base to the barb
Tie in a few golden pheasant hackle fibers for the tail; about hook shank length
Dub the body with natural brown; be sure to leave room for hackle and collar behind bead
Tie in golden pheasant hackle; three wraps should do it
Tie in gray filoplume to fill between hackle and bead
Whip finish.