Little Red Sedge SBS

[ScottP]

Skues pattern developed in the 1920's, apparently Al Troth based his Elk Hair Caddis on it. Saw it tied somewhere by Datus Proper and thought it would be fun to try one out; pretty easy to tie, can't wait to fish it.


hook - Dai Riki 305 #16
thread - Uni 8/0 rusty brown
rib - copper wire x-small
abdomen - hare's ear dubbing
body hackle - brown (undersize by 2)
wing - hen pheasant
front hackle - brown (standard size)




Part 1


mash barb, attach thread at 75% mark and tie in body hackle





tie in wire rib





and wrap back to point above hook barb





apply some dubbing





and wrap forward to initial tie-in





palmer hackle back to hook bend; trap tip with wire and continue wrapping wire to initial tie in, helicopter wire and tie off; trim top hackle flat with body (not shown)





pull some fibers from a hen pheasant breast feather and align the tips





measure wing for length (hook shank)

[ScottP]

Part 2


and tie in





trim butts and smooth with thread wraps





tie in front hackle





wrap hackle, tie off, trim, SHHAN







Regards,
Scott

[whatfly]

Good grief, how many patterns do to you carry? Nice tutorial/tie, as always.

[AlanB]

Thats a nice old school fly.

If I may make an observation, I suspect you missed a step. Before tying in the wing the body hackle is trimmed off on top of the shank. The 9th and 10th pictures seem to show the wing mounted on with the body hackle intact from 11 onward it is trimmed.

I knew it to be a Skues' pattern but didn't realise it was Al Troth's inspiration. You have educated me there.

Well done, its good to see the classic trout flies are not forgotten.

Cheers,
A.

[ScottP]

If I may make an observation, I suspect you missed a step. Before tying in the wing the body hackle is trimmed off on top of the shank. The 9th and 10th pictures seem to show the wing mounted on with the body hackle intact from 11 onward it is trimmed.

Alan,

Thanks for mentioning that; I'll edit the post. Original recipe didn't call for it, but I found it easier to lay the wing down with the top body hackle trimmed and it doesn't effect floatation.

Regards,
Scott

[melk]

I LOVE the SBS posted here!! Helps me keep what little hair I have left!
Thanks Scott.
Mike

[hairwing]

Nice fly Scott!


Jogged my memory and couldn't let the opportunity pass for folks to read the sbs by Skues himself before this thread gets dusted.


"The Way Of The Trout"....scroll down to pg 113- no 4...The Little Red Sedge http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-en...tics-hci.shtml


...and please feel free to read the whole book if you haven't already...ya'all. It's a good one.

[ScottP]

Thanks for the link; that's great reading.

regards,
Scott