FLY
The Chili Pepper
The Chili Pepper recipe
| Hook | Kona NS3, Size 10 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Ultra Thread 70 Denier, Fire Orange |
| Bead | Nymph Head Heavy Metal, Size 4.0mm, Color Gold |
| Weighted Wire | 0.015 Lead-Free Wire |
| Tail | Burnt Orange Marabou |
| Tail Flash | Copper Krystal Flash |
| Body Hackle | Golden Badge Hackle |
| Body | Small Estaz – Copper |
| Hot Spot | Fire Orange Thread |
| Eyes | Fabric Paint – Red with a Black Pupil |
About this fly
The original Chili Pepper was tied by Bob Root as a joke. The Pepper has caught all types of fish here in the USA and a number of countries in Europe. Try fishing it down and across with a twitch, fast stripping, dead drift and just about any way you want to fish it. A deadly way is to cast it down and across, twitch it while it is drifting, let it make the swing then let it sit there for a few seconds. Work it back upstream with a forward pull, and then let it fall back like an injured bug. The strikes will be solid with a lot of break offs if the line is not held loose in your retrieve hand.
What the The Chili Pepper imitates
- Streamer / baitfish
Tied for: Bass (general), Sunfish (general), Trout (general)
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