Classic Salmon Fly
La Estrella
Tied by Brent Jones
La Estrella recipe
| Hook | Alec Jackson Black Nicol Iron size 3 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Simplify classic waxed 80 white for the back half black for the front half |
| Tip | UTC small French oval tinsel silver |
| Tag | Uni floss bright yellow |
| Tail | golden pheasant crest |
| Butt | black ostrich herl |
| Rib | UTC medium flat mylar silver tinsel |
| Body (Back Half) | Uni floss pink |
| Body (Front Half) | pink seal fur |
| Hackle | black cock hackle |
| Collar | pink guinea fowl |
| Wing | green and blue turkey tail with slips of white mottled turkey wing and gray squirrel tail |
| Roof | two sets of bronze mallard slips with golden pheasant topping |
| Cheeks | ringneck cock pheasant neck feathers with jungle cock eyes |
What the La Estrella imitates
- Fancy / attractor (imitates nothing specific)
Tied for: Atlantic Salmon
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.











