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Picket Pin
Hook - Mustad 9672, size 4 or 6
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Hackle - Medium brown saddle tied palmer
Ribbing - Yellow waxed tying thread or fine gold wire (wire pictured)
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Wing - Gray squirrel tail
Collar - White tip hair of gray squirrel on wing only (optional)
Head - Peacock or ostritch herl
Montana Trout Flies - George F Grant
Love this old time fly. It still catches fish for me. I've always tied my bodies with peacock herl, but I'm going to try some silver or gold tinsel.
I tie a much smaller version of this fly using woodchuck guard hair for both the wing and tail, and peacock for the body and head. It is a killing pattern for me in the early season when Caddis are prevalent.
Wasn’t this fly somehow connected to the marmot?
other variations
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Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
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Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault
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Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault
Nice ties, Norm!
I thought so