Brook Trout

Brook Trout

Bait Fish, Streamer

Tied By Christian Andrews

Hook: #6 – 10 streamer

Thread: olive green

Tail: hen hackle barbs: white under black under orange, short

Rib: medium gold tinsel

Body: floss: back 3/4 white, front 1/4 salmon or light pink, tapered

Throat: hen hackle barbs: white under black under orange

Underwing: small bunch of red buck tail

Overwing: grizzly rooster / cock hackle under olive rooster / cock hackle twice shank length; olive wings stained with alternating red and yellow dots along rachis

Shoulder: jungle cock

Head: olive green thread with white bottom

Notes:

a Lew Oatman bait fish fly using the photo and recipe in The Founding Flies by Mike Valla

The recipe does not include the buck tail under wing, but the photo does