A basic meat fly; imitates leeches, damselfly nymphs, dragonfly nymphs, crayfish, small baitfish and tadpoles, possibly half of a Boston Market roasted chicken. Change colors/sizes to suit your needs.
original pattern continues dubbing for thorax; thought the aftershaft would provide something a bit buggier (shades of a Gartside Sparrow)
create loop, insert aftershaft, spin
tie in rump feather by tip
moisten fingers/ stroke both back (rump in the lead position) and wrap simultaneously (may take additional feathers, depending on hook size); tie off/trim
Nicely tied, Scott. I think this is one of the more under appreciated Clouser flies. I like this fly in various colors and sizes for both bass and trout.
Inverted, semi-weedless (hopefully) version. Material list/tying sequence is the same, with addition of large bead chain eyes and removal of KF (because I forgot it).
Have been looking for a decent dragon fly pattern for a while, and turns out it had always been right in front of me, having already read Bob’s book. Thanks for the inspiration, Scott!
Tied this one for carp, so no adhesive used on the fly (double whip-finish head). If I was going to, I might try spreading some vinyl cement on top (or underside, depending on hook orientation) of the thorax and pull the peacock over it.
