Devotion SBS

Fly Patterns
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Another installment from the Appalachian highlands; a bushy fly like this should play well in pocketwater anywhere.

hook - Mustad 94840 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black
rib - xsmall wire gold
tail - golden pheasant tippet
rear hackle - olive grizzly (undersize by 2)
abdomen - dubbing yellow
wing - calf tail
hackle - brown/grizzly mix

Part 1

mash barb, start thread at 70% mark

clean, stack, measure (hook shank) a clump of calf tail

tie in (make sure the first wrap is the farthest forward; each successive one should go back)

trim butts at an angle and cover with thread wraps

measure a clump (hook shank) of pheasant tippets

tie in, trim butts and smooth with thread

tie in rib

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Part 2

dub thread, dub body up to 60% mark

tie in hackle; wrap back to tail

capture tip with rib, then continue rib to front; tie off rib, trim hackle and rib

move thread in front of wing, pull hair up and prop it with thread

separate

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Part 3

post

brush a little Sally at the base and set dihedral

tie in hackle

wrap hackle, trim, half hitch x2, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott

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Very nice, Scott! Those golden pheasant tippets and yellow body really set the fly off. Have you tried it out on your local cutts?

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Thanks. Haven’t fished it yet, but I will soon.

Regards,
Scott

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Scott,

In a effort to assist with your plan NC trips, I copied the following from a local forum:

[i]"I was wading the Tuck yesterday when a guide floated by. I asked him what the fish were hitting. He said anything with orange in it. This pattern sounds promising.

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Uncle Jesse,

NC trout must talk to cutts out in MT; west slopes love orange. This’ll get fished to both.

Regards,
Scott