FLY
Salmon/ Steelhead Fly
Blue Charm
Tied by Brent Jones
Blue Charm recipe
| Hook | Mustad SL53UBL size 4 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Uni 6/0 Black |
| Tip | Uni-French Oval Tinsel, Small Silver |
| Tag | Uni-Floss Bright Yellow |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant Crest |
| Rib | Uni-French Oval Tinsel, Small Silver |
| Body | Uni-Floss Black |
| Collar | Hen dyed Kingfisher |
| Wing | Grey Squirrel Tail |
| Head | Solarez UV & Thread |
What the Blue Charm imitates
- Salmon / steelhead classic wet (floss, tinsel, hackle)
Where the Blue Charm came from
- Described by T. E. Pryce-Tannatt, 1914. Standard dressing with black floss body, blue throat and mallard/teal wing - the form now usually tied.Source: Pryce-Tannatt, How to Dress Salmon Flies (1914), p.200
- Originated by W. Brown, River Dee, Aberdeenshire. Kelson's heading credits W. Brown; a summer Dee fly on small doubles. Kelson's body is claret silk, unlike later black-bodied versions.Source: Kelson, The Salmon Fly (1895), p.119
Where sources tell it differently, each account is listed with its own source.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
