February Red

Written by Jere Haas Hits: 298

Fly Materials

Tail	Lemon wood duck (sparse).
Body	Circa 1930 terra cotta silk floss. This floss is dusty-rose color when dry but turns the color of raw beef liver when wet.
Rib	Ffine oval gold tinsel.
Hackle	Barred rock hen with as defined a barring as you can get.

Tying Instructions

Instructions

This fly is a year round
producer which leads me to believe it is taken for the baetis in most hatch
forms. It is a very old pattern which I think is local to PA because I
can’t find any reference to the pattern in literature I have.

Note:
This fly is tied with ancient silk floss that I have tried, without
success, to have duplicated. The material came from a local knitting mill
and, as far as I know, I’m the only person in the area that has any of this
left.

Circa 1930 terra cotta silk floss. This floss is dusty-rose color when dry but turns the color of raw beef liver when wet.