La D22 SBS

[ScottP]

Found this one on a French site; I'll have to get my son to translate for me. Made a few mods due to materials at hand - grizzly instead of CDL for the tail (don't got none) and hen pheasant breast for mallard (2700 miles away; also like the markings on the pheasant). Cool fly; change colors to suit your needs.


hook - Dai Riki 320 #14
thread - MFC 8/0 sand
tail - grizzly
abdomen - goose biot yellow
hackle - dun
collar - hen pheasant breast


Part 1


mash barb, start thread, wrap to point above barb and create a small bump




even tips on a clump of hackle barbs; measure (shank length) and tie in






tie in (moistened) biot, notch side down; wrap to 50% mark, tie off/trim






tie in hackle; wrap forward (leave one hook eye width behind eye)

[ScottP]

Part 2


prep pheasant breast feather, tie in by tip






take a few turns, tie off/trim, SHHAN








Regards,
Scott

[ScottP]

Took it for a test drive later in the morning; March Browns and grey drakes are supposed to be out and about, neither of which this one resembles but all I need is one stupid fish.

headwaters (open for business in 3 weeks)






from here on, we're legal










stupid fish found (biggest cutt I've ever caught on this water; maybe a run-up?)




Regards,
Scott

[herefishy]

I love stupid fish! What a beauty.

[FishnDave]

Nice fish, Scott!

[ScottP]

Found a duck breast feather while taking a walk; decided to try tying a March Brown (dun tail, dark tan biot body)




Regards,
Scott

[martinwestbeek]

Great fly! Are you certain they did not use Partridge as a front hackle? That's very common in this type of fly from France

[ScottP]

Martin,

Per the recipe:

Collerette : hackle de plume de poitrail de cane

which translates to duck breast feather. Partridge would certainly look great, too.

Regards,
Scott

[ScottP]

PMD version, using partridge for the collar, as suggested by Martin.









Regards,
Scott

[Ed_D]

Ooh la la.

I'm re-reading Neil Patterson's "Chalkstream Chronicle". In it he spends some time discussing fly fishing in Normandy. (That's Normandy, France and not the town of Normandy, Tennessee. So far as I know, he has never fished the Duck River.)

He also discusses some of the French patterns.
I heartily recommend his book.

Regards,
Ed