Teal & Silver - sea trout fly

HT's FLY PATTERNS


Teal & Silver	Materials
	Hook: Wet Fly, down-eyed size #10-14 Silk/Thread: Black thread Body: Medium silver flat tinsel Rib: Fine oval silver tinsel Wing: Teal flank Hackle: Bright blue cock hackle Tail: Golden pheasant tippets

Teal & Silver

Materials

Hook:

Wet Fly, down-eyed
size #10-14

Silk/Thread:

Black thread

Body:

Medium silver flat tinsel

Rib:

Fine oval silver tinsel

Wing:

Teal flank

Hackle:

Bright blue cock hackle

Tail:

Golden pheasant tippets

Tying Method

Whip thread down shank of hook toward bend, starting at 1/6 distance from eye.
Tie in 4-6 fibres of GP tippet.
Tie in both tinsels. Carry thread forward to 1/6 from eye.
Wind flat tinsel forward in even overlapping turns to make body. Tie off.
Wind oval silver tinsel forward to rib body in equal turns. Tie off.
Tie in blue hackle in front of body. Make 2 turns only.
Tie in rolled teal fibres on top of hook behind eye, to make wing. Pinch blue hackle downwards and under body to make throat at same time as angling the wing back over body at 30 deg
Make head, tie off with whip finish behind eye. Clear or black varnish.