Sanchez Ragtop

Couple mods to Scott Sanchez Convertible - added foam for floatation (landau roof?) and, for smaller (#12-14) swapped Congo Hair for the calftail Trude/Wulff wing (less bulk at tie in; still like calftail for #10 and larger). Lot of the steps are similar to the Neversink Trude; front end’s a bit different. Great little fly for pocket water; the Trude/Wulff combo wing is very visible.

hook - Dai Riki 320 (#12)
thread - Uni 6/0 camel
tail - moose body
body - peacock herl
overbody - 2mm foam strip brown
wing - Congo Hair white
hackle - saddle brown/grizzly
legs - round rubber brown (med)

attach thread to hook at about the 60% mark

attach a clump of moose body, little bit longer than hook gape

and trim ends

trim a strip of 2mm foam (hook gap width) to a point

spread a little Crazy Glue on hook shank

and tie in foam overbody

tie in 6-8 strands of peacock herl

Part 2

and wrap forward with thread (re-enforces peacock) to 60% position

wrap thread back to middle of peacock

attach near leg

far

pull foam forward, tie in with 2 soft wraps (so as not to cut the foam)

trim foam & provide smooth thread base for wing & hackle

pull out a clump of Congo Hair

tie in wing, let it hang over back & front

pull legs back, wrap lead-free wire over them and rear wing to keep them out of the way

Part 3

divide front wing clump, figure 8 wrap and post wings


attach hackle and wrap (3 behind and 3 in front), tie off, add a little Miss Hansen

trim front wing a little higher than hackle tips

pull rear wing back and trim even with tail

and you’re done

Cutts love it in rusty orange; tan, green, yellow, black, even purple have been effective. Calftail wing versions

Regards,
Scott

Nice tye Scott, that looks like a natural for a Royal Coachman version also.

Jesse,

First one of these I’ve tied in a while:

Regards,
Scott

Hey Scott,

I noticed in the last couple of patterns you posted you used Congo Hair. How well does the material float? Or do you treat it to help floatation?

Another great SBS by the way. Looks like a great pattern to try and I got tons of Congo hair :slight_smile:

Mike

Mike,

Congo Hair is polypropylene, like EP Fibers I think, and supposedly hydrophobic. I’ve used it on a lot of saltwater flies and it seems to do a pretty good job shedding water after a couple false casts. With these flies, I still like to add a bit floatant to give it a boost; certainly doesn’t hurt. I use the stuff for all my parachute posts, and wings on other flies, as well:

Give it a shot.

Regards,
Scott

Thanks Scott for the info. I used it for some streamers I’ve tied but never thought to try in on the dry flies.

Mike

As we say down here “That dawg will hunt.” Good job

The original Convertible by Scott Sanchez was constructed to be deconstructed over the course of the day during the “One Fly Contest” on the Snake River as the need for different flies evolved from early morning to late evening. That “dawg” in many of its finished and deconstructed forms helped win that “One Fly”, and provided at least an assist along Scott’s way to winning the Buzz Buszek award.

Follow the link for the FAOL FOTW that Scott did a number of years ago for more information.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/080805fotw.php

John

P.S. Scott - that is a nice bunch of flies you’ve posted on this thread. A number of them look quite familiar - from seeing them in one of my flies boxes for some period of time. Your presentations have risen to a whole new level since you retired. Good for you.

Very sharp fly! Thanks for posting…