The Chili Pepper
Streamer
Tied By Darrell Olson
Hook: Kona NS3, Size 10
Thread: Ultra Thread 70 Denier, Fire Orange
Body Parts: bead, weighted wire, tail, tail flash, body hackle, body, Hot Spot, eyes
Materials: Nymph Head Heavy Metal, Size 4.0mm, Color Gold, 0.015 Lead-Free Wire, Burnt Orange Marabou, Copper Krystal Flash, Golden Badge Hackle, Small Estaz – Copper, Fire Orange Thread, 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.