Here’s my version of an old fly that I still tie for Parks Fly Shop in Gardiner, MT located just outside the North entrance to the park.
It’s a simple wet fly to tie. Use it as a dropper or swing a pair of them through a nice run.
The brook trout in the park really like this fly, fished behind a Coachman Trude makes for a deadly combination.
Hook: MFC 7076, size 14-16
Thread: red danville
Tail: red yarn, needloft
Body: peacock
Rib: gold wire
Hackle: grizzly hen soft hackle
Doug. Nice looking fly. I have experiment with similiar patterns for the brookies in my area and have concluded that something red in the fly greatly increases your chance for success.
Change the hackle for brown and you have the traditional Red Tag. If you change the tail for yellow with a brown hackle it becomes the Treacle Parkin. Both very well known flies this side of the pond.
Cheers,
A.
Scoot, that’s funny right there… The Trude is Richard’s go-to fly no doubt… But that’s because it truly is a great fly… We fish and sell a lot of them… I also fish the wet version of the Coachman Trude as a dropper (I hardly ever fish one fly) with great success. It’s another forgotten and under-rated fly…
Well Scott - to each their own, like in Wally’s case… But for me if the fish like 'em I like 'em… I like this fly and it’s nicely tied… It’s a high floater and you can drag a pretty good sized nymph behind it…
