red ass soft hackle

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I done a goggle search for a pattern for this fly. Looked thru more then 30 pages and no luck. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
BillMc

2

try leaving it as “red ass”. the fly known as a “red ass” is a soft hackle. “soft hackle” is generally not in the title.

Its basically a soft hackle with the abdomen made of red thread and the thorax peacock herl. Both standard and bead-head versions are popular.

3

Try looking for a “Red Ass Kelso” That I believe is the original pattern. Ron

4

check this out, I usually put about half the herl and more red thread.
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5

Is that “Drew Kelso”?

6

Bill… here’s another link for you to look at.
[url=http://www.geocities.com/flyfishingtoday/archive.htm:b8426]http://www.geocities.com/flyfishingtoday/archive.htm[/url:b8426]

Hope this helps you. The Red Ass and other soft hackles are my favorite patterns to tie.

Mike

There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.

Patrick McManus

7

That fly pattern sounds a little too sadistic, or is it masochistic, for my taste.

Allan

8

Red Ass Partridge By John Newbury

Mustad 3906b #12,16
Black thread
red tinsel body(black or green are ok also)
Thorax: peacock herl
Hackle:Partridge
Head: thread

Best I can find (FFF Fly Pattern Encyclopedia)

Philip

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