Banded Squirrel Bucktail

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Banded Squirrel Bucktail

Hook - Down-eyed 6-10 long shank

Thread - Black

Tail - Mixed red and white hackle fibers

Body - Mauve/wine wool

Rib - Fine oval silver tinsel

Hackle - Red over white hackle fibers

Wing - Grey squirrel hair

A simple bucktail pattern devised by Taff Price and first published in his book Lures for Game, Coarse, and Sea Fishing in the early 1970s. This fairly somber fly, with just a touch of color in its make-up, proved highly successful for brown trout, although rainbows are not averse to taking it, either.

The Flytier's Companion - Mike Dawes

[Chuck441]

Nice!

Chuck