February 6, 2018
New Pattern: The Stream Punk Goby Pattern
This is a fly that I have really grown to love. It imitates the round goby, and is deadly for steelhead and warm water species in the summer. I tie it on a shank and on a straight hook depending on the application and the type of water being fished.
Recipe:
Hook: Size 1 straight eye 3XL hook (Daichi 2461) or 30-50mm shank
Wing 1: A salmon or tan colored grizzly saddle feather. A salmon colored hackle from a spey grizzly neck also works well.
Wing 2: Gray-Olive select craft fur
Flash: Magnum or saltwater white flashabou and cranberry holographic magnum flash
Wing 3: A black tipped feather from the body of a ringneck pheasant
Hackle: A large grizzly, brown, or tan saddle or schlappen feather, wound and overwound tightly to form a makeshift head
Head: Olive scud dub
Head 2: Light Rainbow scud dub
Eyes: Pearl or white large plastic bead chain or lead eyes as appropriate
Tying Steps are below…
How to tie:
This is hopefully the result:
Here is a link to the previous instructional fly pattern, the Inside Bender: