The Midnight Stalker is a fine and effective pattern in its own right, but it is also a style
It works in other colors too
Silver Stalker
Copper Stalker
Brown Stalker
Olive Stalker
Chartreuse Stalker
Cheers,
Hans W
Hans,
I just finished tying up a couple of each of these colors which are effective colors here where I fish: Red and Gun Metal Blue
I hope to get to try them out here real soon if they would just stop generating on my home river long enough to let me get out…love the pattern
Hans, for the wire body and rib, did you start winding at the eye, worked back, and then ribbed it?
If it is, that is a nice technique.
Alberto
Alberto,
Yes, that is the way he tied it. In his original post on the Stalker, he had a tying video showing the entire process. Here is a link to the video:
Hans,
Love the effect of the return-wrap rib; very nice flies.
Regards,
Scott