Father Charles

Original Recipe


Category: Saltwater/Sea-Run Cutthroat

Hook: Salt Water, Size 1 - 8
Thread: Clear Mono
Body: Gold Diamond Braid
Throat: White Calf or Bucktail
Underwing: Chartreuse Calf or Bucktail
Overwing: Fluorescent Red Calf or Bucktail
Head: Fluorescent Red or Green Head Cement

As I tied the fly

Hook: Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread: Chartreuse
Body: Gold Bill's body braid
Throat: White calf tail
Underwing: Yellow calf
Overwing: Fluorescent red calf tail
Head: Tying thread coated with uv resin


I used calf tail for the wing and throat
I substituted Gamakatsu for the saltwater hook