Rio Grande King Trude SBS

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Trudes have been around in one form or another for a long time; lots of variations although the basic construction is pretty much the same (tie this one with peacock and it becomes a Western Coachman).

hook - Dai Riki 320 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tag - tinsel gold
tail - Golden pheasant tippets
body - dubbing black
wing - calftail white
hackle - brown


Part 1

Mash down barb, start thread at 60% mark, wrap back to point above barb

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tie in tinsel, wrap down bend and back; tie off/trim

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even the tips on some GP tippet, measure (shank length); tie in

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dub thread, dub tapered body to 60% mark

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clean, stack, measure (shank length) a clump of calftail; tie in, trim butts at an angle and cover with thread

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Part 2


tie in hackle

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wrap, tie off, trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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Regards,
Scott

Nicely done! I've been on a Trude kick myself of late.

I notice you put a tag on a lot of your patterns - is that just the mood you're in, or are there guidelines when to tag or not? And whether to use a color or tinsel?

The gold tag was kind of a nod to the original wet version; I've also seen it on a few standard dry and trude RGKs so I thought I'd put it in. I'm sure there are guidelines on tags for traditional/vintage flies, but I have very little experience with them so I can't say. I'd consider using opalescent mylar as an option - really like the effects you can get with that.

Regards,
Scott

ScottP. the Rio Grande King became my go to fly when I was about 9 years old. Since that time on I used the Rio on three continents and had success on all. The one fish story is the catch of a fish that looked just like a Barracuda and put up a good fight. It was about a foot long and caught off a pier in Cam Rahn Bay Vietnam.

Thanks bringing up the memories

Tim

The tags may represent an air bubble, or just a little extra flash to catch the fish's eye.

Panman and any other vets- Thanks for your service to our great country.

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Originally Posted by Kytroutbum

The tags may represent an air bubble, or just a little extra flash to catch the fish's eye

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On older wet flies it's also structural; it helps keep floss from slipping backwards;