| Tying Instructions:
There are no tying instructions for Boulton's Special. Many published books on fly tying give a very good
photograph of the fly, and the recipe - but no instructions. Give this one a try, just going by the materials.
This fly was the brainchild of Denny Boulton, a resident of West Vancouver and a fisher of the Capilano River. It was first tied as a smmer steelhead fly in 1955. Many years later, in the Totem Fly Fisher's newsletter the Totem
Topics, Boulton related the fly's development:
"Originally tied for the lower Capilano River, this streamer was conceived at one of the Boulton, Moir, and Traeger
fly-tying sessions.
It would be nice to say that a steelhead dashed away with it immediately, however, that was not
the case. But, as time passed summer steelhead started to impale themselves on it with reasonable regularity. Don Traeger make a valiant effort at conservation by wagers against said streamer but found himself quickly paying for several steak dinners wh
ich were greatly appreciated."~JC
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