FLY
Salmon/ Steelhead Fly
Blue Charm
Tied by Rich LaMonte
Blue Charm recipe
| Hook | Alec Jackson/ Daiichi 2051 size 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Veevus: 12/0 black |
| Tag | Ovale yellow silk floss |
| Tail | Golden Pheasant Crest |
| Rib | Uni-french medium silver twist |
| Body | Black Japanese silk floss |
| Wing | bronze mallard |
| Throat | Kingfisher blue saddle hackle |
| Tip | Veevus Silver Oval tinsel small |
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.
