My buddy Dick D. sent me this fly along with 6 others to give a test drive.
With a small split shot 12 inches back this thing could be deadly.
From the website of Ian Colin James - Ontario, Canada http://www3.sympatico.ca/ianjames/
The Sparkler:
Thread: Black
Hook: 1x Long-shank
Size: To match the conditions
Body: Gold and silver Angle Flash dubbed around the hook shank
Wing: Gold and silver Angle Flash
This UK pattern was developed in the 1980s - at Rutland reservoir, I think - by Fred Wagstaffe and Julian Hubbard as a tube fly for fishing on the rudder. Over on this side of the pond I can vouch for its productivity for salmon and steelhead, as I have been fishing it since about 1991. You should tie the wing “bushy” for high-fast water and sparse for low-water. Swing the fly across the pool and you won’t miss the takes. I’ve dressed the pattern with a bead head for West coast anglers and I’ve tied it in larger sizes for folk fishing strippers on the US East coast. If you can’t find Angle Flash, use a mixture of gold and silver Flashabou. It works just as well. The fly gets its name from the sparkler fireworks, which were the inspiration behind the development of the fly.
Check out the wired ribbon fly located in the 2d qtr 2008 of the fly of the week. It has caught a lot of fish for me.
Tim
Link: http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/042808fotw.php