video - Peacock Despair

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Peacock Despair
Hook: Eagle Claw 1197B #2-12
Thread: Benecchi 12/0, black
Tag/rib: Nylon yarn, scarlet (the original pattern calls for scarlet floss)
Body: Peacock herl
Wing: Hungarian partridge breast feather - pair for #2-8, single feather for #10-12
Legs: Pheasant tail barbs, two on each side - knotted
Hackle: Badger

Note: Jack Sutton pattern, first tied in 1930’s. Premier pattern for the large brook trout in Quebec and Labrador, eastern Canada.

Video here - best viewed in HD, and a larger window:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TnVtADykgM

Cheers,
Hans W

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An interesting fly. I may have to try that in Northern Michigan. One interesting thing about the video for me was that my great grandmother who lived until I was twenty was born in the Netherlands and my grandfather grew up speaking both
Dutch and English. Your accent has left me with a mental image of you being a very elderly man though in truth Grandpa was younger than I am now when I first heard it.

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Hans,

Beautiful fly; it looks like a cross between a Sheep Creek Special and a speed boat.

Regards,
Scott