I lost a recipe for AR!

[Charlie1947]

scott,

the pattern description you listed, seems to be a variation on kelso's red #$%. the recipe that im used to seeing is more consistent with a green butt.

hook: mustad 3906, size 14
thread: red
tag: thread
body: peacock herl
hackle: gray partridge

I have seen many variations on this , some tied with just a red or green tag on them , some tied with a full abdomen instead of just a tag, some with uni wire bodies, some with beads, etc.... one I like during green caddis or grannom hatches is a green butt, but it is tied with a full green abdomen, not just a green tag , and a peacock herl thorax. makes for a nice emerger. this is a pattern one of our local guides considers his signature fly.

WOW John!
Thank-you so much! I can't tell you how much I appreciate this recipe, I have it written down now and it won't get away again! Thanks for all the variations, too!

[Charlie1947]

Charlie,

Go here http://www.flysandguides.com and type the name in the search box in the upper right; they have a nice SBS. I'd post the whole link but this site censors it (really?).

Here's the recipe

Hook: Any nymph hook with a sproat bend. Size 16-14
Thread: UTC 70 (red)
Bead: Killer caddis bead (bead)
Body: Paecock herl
Hackle: Partridge

Regards,
Scott

Thanks Scott! I really appreciate your help! This really helps!

[john52948]

http://www.ozarkflyfishers.org/fly/annak.html


Charlie, you might want to add this pattern to your collection . vary the abdomen color by using different metallic thread colors. tied with an olive abdomen and with a red tag, I think it out performs the red butt. good luck