The Chili Pepper
Streamer
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: Kona NS3, Size 10
Thread: Ultra Thread 70 Denier, Fire Orange
Materials- 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
Notes:
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.