Cole's Stonefly SBS

[ScottP]

Howard Cole's wonderwing stonefly. Tied here as a skwala; change color/size to meet your needs.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - MFC 8/0 brown
egg sac - 2mm foam black
abdomen - Fly Rite quill gordon dubbing (makes a nice olivish/brown/yellow)
underwing - dun saddle wonderwing style
overwing/indicator - calftail chartreuse
legs - rubber medium brown
hackle - brown-dyed grizzly


Part 1


Mash down barb, start thread at 2/3 mark and wrap back to bend




tie in foam strip (1/2 gap width); fold over, brush a little super glue, and tie down tag end








dub thread, dub body






prep saddle feathers

[ScottP]

Part 2

tie feathers in, pull to length; trim butts and cover with thread wraps




clean, stack, measure (tips extend to egg sac) a clump of calftail; tie in






tie in hackle




tie in legs




wrap hackle behind, between and in front of legs; tie off, trim (hackle, legs and wings), half hitch x 2, SHHAN












Regards,
Scott

[cheech]

Love that hackle color. Great job as always Scott.

[James Smith]

ScottP,

Your photo series of tying different patterns are far superior to any book I have in my library. Beautiful photography, excellent job in tying the flies and great variety of patterns. Thanks for taking the time to share them with us.

Jim Smith

[Ed_D]

As usual, it is another beautiful fly with beautiful photography. I appreciate the effort that makes your excellence look so mundane. Well done!

Thanks,
Ed